Nebularia acuminata

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| genus = Nebularia

| species = acuminata

| authority = Swainson, 1824

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| synonyms = *Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824

  • Mitra acuminata Swainson, 1824
  • Mutyca acuminata (Swainson, 1824)
  • Strigatella acuminata (Swainson, 1824)

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Nebularia acuminata (common name: acuminate mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.{{WRMS species|1063168|Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824)||11 December 2018}} The shell size varies between 17 mm and 35 mm. This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean (along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania) and in the Pacific Ocean (along Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Australia).

References

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  • 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): 492
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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acuminata

Category:Gastropods described in 1824

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