Nebularia pyramis
Nebularia pyramis, common name : the Pyramis mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Nebularia pyramis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Nebularia |
Species: | N. pyramis |
Binomial name | |
Nebularia pyramis (Wood, 1828) | |
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Description
The shell size is 50 mm (2.0 in).
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
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References
- Nebularia pyramis (Wood, 1828). 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): 424
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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