Nebularia incompta

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nebularia incompta (common name: tessellate mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

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Nebularia incompta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Nebularia
Species:
N. incompta
Binomial name
Nebularia incompta
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Mitra) incompta (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Mitra incompta (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Mitra terebralis Lamarck, 1811
  • Voluta incompta Lightfoot, 1786
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Description

The shell size varies between 44 mm and 160 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Indo-Pacific Region. Coral Sea - Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

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