Imbricaria bacillum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Imbricaria |
Species: | I. bacillum
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Binomial name | |
Imbricaria bacillum (Lamarck, 1811)
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Imbricaria bacillum, common name the Philippine mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 32.4 mm.
The shell is spirally grooved and longitudinally striped with greenish or bluish grey. [2]
This marine species off the Andamans, the Philippines and off Samoa.