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Nebularia eremitarum

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Nebularia eremitarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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The shell size varies between 38 mm and 86 mm

Distribution

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

References

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  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