Nebularia fastigium
Nebularia fastigium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
| Nebularia fastigium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Nebularia |
| Species: | N. fastigium |
| Binomial name | |
| Nebularia fastigium (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 31 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along New Zealand
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References
- Nebularia fastigium (Reeve, 1845). 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): 494
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
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