Nebularia fastigium

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| genus = Nebularia

| species = fastigium

| image_alt = Shell specimen

| authority = (Reeve, 1845)

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  • 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

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Nebularia fastigium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.{{WRMS species|1060919|Nebularia fastigium (Reeve, 1845)||11 December 2018}}

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 31 mm

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Distribution

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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  • 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