Biology:Swainsonia olivaeformis
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| Swainsonia olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
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Imbricaria olivaeformis, common name the olive-shaped mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines , Hawaii, Australia , Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm
References
- ↑ "Imbricaria olivaeformis". Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_1064.shtml. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia olivaeformis. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934809 on 2017-06-21
- Arianna Fulvo and Roberto Nistri (2005). 350 coquillages du monde entier. Delachaux et Niestlé (Paris) : 256 p. ISBN:2-603-01374-2
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 138
- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q974827 entry
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