Nebularia

Nebularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks 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 Nebularia contracta Swainson, 1820.

Nebularia
Shell of Nebularia pyramis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Cylindromitrinae
Genus: Nebularia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Nebularia contracta
Swainson, 1820
Synonyms
  • Dibaphus Philippi, 1847
  • Mauritia H. Adams, 1869 (invalid: junior homonym of Mauritia Troschel, 1863)
  • Mitra (Dibaphus) Philippi, 1847
  • Mitra (Mutyca) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840 (original rank)
  • Mitroidea Pease, 1865
  • Mutyca H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

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

The genus Nebularia contains the following species:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References
  1. Nebularia Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.
  2. 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
  3. Wesley M. Thorsson and Richard Salisbury: Introduction to Chapter 2 of Living Mitridae: Nebularia, Part 1; Internet Hawaiian Shell News, July 2001
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