Pseudonebularia cucumerina

Pseudonebularia cucumerina, common name : the kettle mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Pseudonebularia cucumerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Pseudonebularia
Species:
P. cucumerina
Binomial name
Pseudonebularia cucumerina
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina Lamarck, 1811
  • Voluta turricula Holten, H.S., 1802
  • Voluta ferrugata Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Mitra globosa Mörch, O.A.L., 1852
  • Mitra connectens Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 192

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji, the Solomons Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia, Papua New Guinea.

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References
  1. "Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  2. Pseudonebularia cucumerina (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 400
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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