Nebularia acuminata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Nebularia |
Species: | N. acuminata |
Binomial name | |
Nebularia acuminata Swainson, 1824 | |
Synonyms | |
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Nebularia acuminata (common name: acuminate mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. The shell size varies between 17 mm and 35 mm. This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean (along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania) and in the Pacific Ocean (along Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Australia).
References
- ^ Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 492
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mitra acuminata |
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