Nebularia
Sign in to saveNebularia 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.
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- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMitridae
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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.