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Imbricaria pretiosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Imbricaria
Species:	I. pretiosa
Binomial name
Imbricaria pretiosa (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Cancilla antoniae Adams, H.G., 1870 Mitra pretiosa Reeve, 1844 Neocancilla pretiosa (Reeve, 1844) Ziba pretiosa (Reeve, 1844)

Imbricaria pretiosa, common name the splendid mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off East Africa; in the Eastern Indian Ocean; and off Fiji.

References

1. ^ Imbricaria pretiosa (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
2. "Imbricaria pretiosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

• Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187–220.

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