WoRMS taxon details
Imbricaria yagurai (Kira, 1959)
1061627 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061627)
accepted
Species
Mitra (Cancilla) yagurai Kira, 1959 · unaccepted
Mitra (Tiara) yagurai Kira, 1959 · unaccepted (basionym)
Mitra yagurai Kira, 1959 · unaccepted (original combination)
Subcancilla yagurai (Kira, 1959) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Mitra (Cancilla) yagurai Kira, 1959) Kira T. (1959). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i>. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls.
page(s): 88, pl. 34 fig. 3; note: nomen nudum in the first 1954 edition; subgenus changed to Mitra (Tiara) yagurai in sibsequent printings; see Bieler & Petit (1990) Malacologia32(1): 131-145 [details]
page(s): 88, pl. 34 fig. 3; note: nomen nudum in the first 1954 edition; subgenus changed to Mitra (Tiara) yagurai in sibsequent printings; see Bieler & Petit (1990) Malacologia32(1): 131-145 [details]
Type locality contained in Japan
type locality contained in Japan [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Imbricaria yagurai (Kira, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061627 on 2026-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra (Cancilla) yagurai Kira, 1959) Kira T. (1959). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i>. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls.
page(s): 88, pl. 34 fig. 3; note: nomen nudum in the first 1954 edition; subgenus changed to Mitra (Tiara) yagurai in sibsequent printings; see Bieler & Petit (1990) Malacologia32(1): 131-145 [details]
new combination reference Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 88, pl. 34 fig. 3; note: nomen nudum in the first 1954 edition; subgenus changed to Mitra (Tiara) yagurai in sibsequent printings; see Bieler & Petit (1990) Malacologia32(1): 131-145 [details]
new combination reference Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (1990). On the various editions of Tetsuaki Kira's “Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan” and “Shells of the Western Pacific in color Vol. 1”, with an annotated list of new names introduced. <em>Malacologia.</em> 32: 131-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13146396
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 140 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
