Nebularia eremitarum

Nebularia eremitarum, common name : the adusta mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Nebularia eremitarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Nebularia
Species:
N. eremitarum
Binomial name
Nebularia eremitarum
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra adusta Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra flavofusca Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta ruffina Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Mitra terebralis Swainson, W.A., 1840

Description

The shell size varies between 38 mm and 86 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

References
  1. "Nebularia eremitarum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. Nebularia eremitarum (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 324
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