Nebularia
| Nebularia | |
|---|---|
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| Two views of a shell of Mitra (Nebularia) coronata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
Nebularia is a name used for a group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the genus Mitra. This name was originally proposed as a subgenus, but the validity of this name as a taxon is questionable. Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840 is considered by the authoritative database WoRMS to be an "alternative representation" of Mitra Lamarck, 1798.[1] The type species of this subgenus is Mitra coronata Swainson, 1820
Commentary
In 1991, Cernohorsky considered that the subgenus Nebularia does not form a well-defined group.[2]
In 2001, Thorsson and Salisbury used the tern Nebularia as a group (and not as a valid taxonomic name), for species related to the type species Mitra coronata.[3]
Species
Species of Mitra that are sometimes assigned to this group include:
- Mitra amaura
- Mitra atjehensis
- Mitra aurantia
- Mitra aurora
- Mitra avenacea
- Mitra barbadensis
- Mitra belcheri
- Mitra bernhardina
- Mitra chrysalis
- Mitra chrysostoma
- Mitra coarctata
- Mitra contracta
- Mitra coronata
- Mitra crenata
- Mitra cucumerina
- Mitra doliolum
- Mitra dovpeledi
- Mitra earlei
- Mitra effusa
- Mitra ferruginea
- Mitra fraga
- Mitra fulvescens
- Mitra gausapata
- Mitra gonatophora
- Mitra hayashii
- Mitra inca
- Mitra lens
- Mitra lorenzi
- Mitra luctuosa
- Mitra lugubris
- Mitra maesta
- Mitra muricata
- Mitra nodulosa
- Mitra proscissa
- Mitra pudica
- Mitra puncticulata
- Mitra punctostriata
- Mitra pyramis
- Mitra rosacea
- Mitra rubiginosa
- Mitra rubritincta
- Mitra rueppellii
- Mitra sanguinolenta
- Mitra semiferruginea
- Mitra solanderi
- Mitra sophiae
- Mitra sowerbyi
- Mitra sphoni
- Mitra straminea
- Mitra suturata
- Mitra tabanula
- Mitra telescopium
- Mitra testacea
- Mitra ticaonica
- Mitra turgida
- Mitra vexillum
- Mitra vultuosa
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Robin, A. (2014). Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413731 on 2014-04-17
- ↑ Cernohorsky, W. O., 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The Subfamily Mitrinae concluded and Subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. ISSN 0162-8321 Trophon Corp. Silver Spring, MD. Pages 1 to 164
- ↑ Wesley M. Thorsson and Richard Salisbury: Introduction to Chapter 2 of Living Mitridae: Nebularia, Part 1; Internet Hawaiian Shell News, July 2001