Pseudonebularia cucumerina

Pseudonebularia cucumerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Pseudonebularia
Species:	P. cucumerina
Binomial name
	Pseudonebularia cucumerina; (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina Lamarck, 1811; Voluta turricula Holten, H.S., 1802; Voluta ferrugata Dillwyn, L.W., 1817; Mitra globosa Mörch, O.A.L., 1852; Mitra connectens Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 192;

Pseudonebularia cucumerina, common name : the kettle mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[2]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji, the Solomons Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia, Papua New Guinea.

References[]

^ "Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Pseudonebularia cucumerina (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 400
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

[1] "Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Pseudonebularia cucumerina (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.

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