Nebularia incompta

Nebularia incompta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Nebularia
Species:	N. incompta
Binomial name
	Nebularia incompta; (Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Mitra) incompta (Lightfoot, 1786); Mitra incompta (Lightfoot, 1786); Mitra terebralis Lamarck, 1811; Voluta incompta Lightfoot, 1786;

Nebularia incompta (common name: tessellate 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 44 mm and 160 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Indo-Pacific Region

References[]

^ ^a ^b Nebularia incompta (Lightfoot, 1786). 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): 323
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links[]

Gastropods.com : Mitra (Mitra) incompta; accessed : 11 December 2010

[WoRMS-1] Nebularia incompta (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.

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