Nebularia Explained
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Species
The genus Nebularia contains the following species:
- 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)
External links
- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- 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
- Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
- Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
Notes and References
- 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
- http://internethawaiishellnews.org/IHSN/2001/0107fea.pdf Wesley M. Thorsson and Richard Salisbury: Introduction to Chapter 2 of Living Mitridae: Nebularia, Part 1; Internet Hawaiian Shell News, July 2001
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
