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

Nebularia fastigium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Nebularia
Species:
N. fastigium
Binomial name
Nebularia fastigium
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra punctata Swainson, W.A., 1829
  • Mitra fuscescens Pease, W.H., 1860
  • Mitra brunnea Pease, 1868
  • Mitra nitilina (Spry, 1961)
  • Strigatella brunnea (Pease, 1868)
  • Strigatella nitilina Spry, 1961

Description

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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 31 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ a b Nebularia fastigium (Reeve, 1845). 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): 494
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
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