Nebularia contracta

Nebularia contracta
Shell of Nebularia contracta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Nebularia
Species:	N. contracta
Binomial name
Nebularia contracta (Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms
Mitra (Nebularia) contractaSwainson, 1820 Mitra contractaSwainson, 1820

Nebularia contracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. ^[1]

Description

Shell size 35-40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Nebularia contracta (Swainson, 1820) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 December 2018.

External links

• Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18
• Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
• Photos of Nebularia contracta on Sealife Collection