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Imbricaria nadayaoi

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Imbricaria nadayaoi
Shell of Imbricaria nadayaoi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. nadayaoi
Binomial name
Imbricaria nadayaoi
(Bozzetti, 1997)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cancilla nadayaoi (Bozzetti, 1997)
  • Mitra (Mitra) nadayaoi Bozzetti, 1997 (basionym)
  • Mitra nadayaoi Bozzetti, 1997

Imbricaria nadayaoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 26.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Bozzetti L. (1997). Three new species of Gastropoda from deep water off the Philippines. Apex. 12(1): 43–47.