Nebularia
Genus of gastropods
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Nebularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cylindromitrinae within the family of Mitridae.[1] This name was originally proposed as a subgenus of the genus Mitra. The type species of this genus is Mitra contracta Swainson, 1820.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Subfamily: | Cylindromitrinae |
| Genus: | Nebularia Swainson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Mitra contracta Swainson, 1820 | |
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Taxonomy
Description
The shell is impressed with transverse grooves. The body whorl is anteriorly contracted. The aperture is narrow behind, effuse in front. The margin of the outer lip is smooth.[4]
Species
The genus Nebularia contains the following species:[1]
- Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824)
- Nebularia aegra (Reeve, 1845)
- Nebularia ancillides (Broderip, 1836)
- Nebularia baerorum (Poppe & Tagaro, 2010)
- Nebularia bellula (A. Adams, 1853)
- Nebularia chrysostoma (Broderip, 1836)
- Nebularia coarctata (Reeve, 1844)
- Nebularia contracta (Swainson, 1820)
- Nebularia dondani (Cernohorsky, 1985)
- Nebularia edentula (Swainson, 1823)
- Nebularia eremitarum (Röding, 1798)
- Nebularia fastigium (Reeve, 1845)
- Nebularia ferruginea (Lamarck, 1811)
- Nebularia gourgueti (Poppe, R. Salisbury & Tagaro, 2015)
- Nebularia guidopoppei (Thach, 2016)
- Nebularia hangji S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
- Nebularia ignobilis (Reeve, 1844)
- Nebularia incompta ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Nebularia inquinata (Reeve, 1844)
- Nebularia kanak S.-I Huang, 2021
- Nebularia mackayorum S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
- Nebularia multiplicata (Pease, 1865)
- Nebularia nebulosa (Broderip, 1836)
- Nebularia nivea (Broderip, 1836)
- Nebularia peasei (Dohrn, 1860)
- Nebularia pellisserpentis (Reeve, 1844)
- Nebularia petrosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
- Nebularia pyramis (W. Wood, 1828)
- †Nebularia soliphila Harzhauser & Landau, 2021
- Nebularia thachi (H. Turner, 2007)
- Nebularia tivoli S.-I Huang, 2021
- Nebularia ustulata (Reeve, 1844)
- Nebularia yafani S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nebularia ambigua (Swainson, 1829): synonym of Strigatella ambigua (Swainson, 1829)
- Nebularia aurantia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Strigatella aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
- Nebularia aurora (Dohrn, 1861): synonym of Strigatella aurora (Dohrn, 1861)
- Nebularia coffea (Schubert & Wagner, 1829): synonym of Strigatella coffea (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829)
- Nebularia coronata (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Strigatella coronata (Lamarck, 1811)
- Nebularia deynzeri (Cernohorsky, 1980): synonym of Acromargarita deynzeri (Cernohorsky, 1980)
- Nebularia fulvescens (Broderip, 1836): synonym of Strigatella fulvescens (Broderip, 1836)
- Nebularia imperialis (Röding, 1798): synonym of Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798)
- Nebularia kamehameha (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of Nebularia ustulata (Reeve, 1844)
- Nebularia luctuosa (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Strigatella luctuosa (A. Adams, 1853)
- Nebularia rutila (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Pseudonebularia rutila (A. Adams, 1853)
- Nebularia semperi (Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009): synonym of Acromargarita semperi (Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
- Nebularia vultuosa (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Strigatella vultuosa (Reeve, 1845)
- Nebularia yaekoae Habe & Kosuge, 1966: synonym of Scabricola yaekoae (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (original combination)
