Nebularia fastigium

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Nebularia fastigium
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.216706 - Mitra fastigium Reeve, 1845 - Mitridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Nebularia
Species:
N. fastigium
Binomial name
Nebularia fastigium
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra punctata Swainson, W.A., 1829
  • Mitra fuscescens Pease, W.H., 1860
  • Mitra brunnea Pease, 1868
  • Mitra nitilina (Spry, 1961)
  • Strigatella brunnea (Pease, 1868)
  • Strigatella nitilina Spry, 1961

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 31 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 Nebularia fastigium (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 December 2018.