Nebularia acuminata

Nebularia acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Nebularia
Species:	N. acuminata
Binomial name
	Nebularia acuminata; Swainson, 1824
Synonyms
	Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824; Mitra acuminata Swainson, 1824; Mutyca acuminata (Swainson, 1824); Strigatella acuminata (Swainson, 1824);

Nebularia acuminata (common name: acuminate mitre) 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 17 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean (along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania) and in the Pacific Ocean (along Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Australia).

References[]

^ ^a ^b Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824). 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): 492
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

[WoRMS-1] Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.

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