Nebularia edentula

Nebularia edentula, common name : the toothless mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Nebularia edentula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Nebularia
Species:
N. edentula
Binomial name
Nebularia edentula
(Swainson, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus edentulus Reeve, 1844
  • Dibaphus philippi Crosse, 1858
  • Mitra edentula Swainson, 1823
  • Pterygia edentula Swainson, 1823

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin

References
  1. Nebularia edentula (Swainson, 1823). 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): 469
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition


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