Nebularia edentula, the toothless mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Nebularia edentula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Nebularia
Species:
N. edentula
Binomial name
Nebularia edentula
(Swainson, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus edentulus Reeve, 1844
  • Dibaphus philippi Crosse, 1858
  • Mitra edentula Swainson, 1823
  • Pterygia edentula Swainson, 1823

Description

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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin

References

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  1. ^ a b Nebularia edentula (Swainson, 1823). 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): 469
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
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