| Nebularia contracta | |
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| Shell of Nebularia contracta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Nebularia |
| Species: | N. contracta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nebularia contracta (Swainson, 1820) | |
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Nebularia contracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
References
- ↑ Nebularia contracta (Swainson, 1820). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.
External links
- Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18
- Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
- Photos of Nebularia contracta on Sealife Collection
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