''Imbricariopsis'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitridae Swainson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Imbricariopsis'' include:
* ''
Imbricariopsis carbonacea''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''
Imbricariopsis conovula''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''
Imbricariopsis punctata''
(Swainson, 1821)
* ''
Imbricariopsis vanikorensis''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
References
External links
Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1-85
Mitridae
Gastropod genera
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