Biology:Nebularia eremitarum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nebularia eremitarum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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

  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 324

Wikidata ☰ Q3317139 entry