Nebularia contracta | |
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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 | |
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Nebularia contracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1]
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Mitra is a large genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or mitre snails.
Imbricaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Scabricola bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Imbricariopsis punctata, common name the bone-like mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia edentula, the toothless mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia deynzeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Gemmulimitra avenacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia pyramis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia pellisserpentis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Calcimitra poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Strigatella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.
Nebularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cylindromitrinae within the family of Mitridae. This name was originally proposed as a subgenus of the genus Mitra. The type species of this genus is Mitra contractaSwainson, 1820.
Nebularia guidopoppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia kamehameha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia nebulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia petrosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Nebularia peasei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Strigatella ambigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.