Nebularia fastigium

Nebularia fastigium
Scientific classification
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]

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

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 494
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN   91-630-4594-X. 448 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium; accessed : 14 December 2010