Nebularia pyramis

Nebularia pyramis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Nebularia
Species:	N. pyramis
Binomial name
	Nebularia pyramis; (Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis (Wood, 1828) ; Mitra pyramis (Wood, 1828) ; Voluta pyramis Wood, 1828;

Nebularia pyramis (common name: Pyramis 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 is 50 mm (2.0 in).

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References[]

^ Nebularia pyramis (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 424
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links[]

Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis; accessed : 10 December 2010

[WoRMS-1] Nebularia pyramis (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.

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