Nebularia

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
Mitra 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

Nebularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cylindromitrinae within the family of Mitridae. This name was originally proposed as a subgenus of the genus Mitra. The type species of this genus is Mitra contracta Swainson, 1820.

Taxonomy

In 1991, Cernohorsky considered that the subgenus Nebularia does not form a well-defined group.

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.

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.

Species

The genus Nebularia contains the following species:

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)

References

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• Swainson W. (1840) A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
• Pease W.H. (1865). Descriptions of new genera and species of marine shells from the islands of the Central Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1865): 512-517
• Adams, H. (1869). Description of a new genus and fourteen new species of marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1869) 37: 272-275, pl. 19
• Philippi R.A. (1847). Beschreibung zweier neuer Conchyliengeschlechter, Dibaphus und Amphichaena, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über Cyamium, Ervilia und Entodesma. Archiv für Natugeschichte. 13(1): 61-66
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