Species Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824)
- Mitra acuminata Swainson, W. 1824. The character of several new shells belonging to the Linnaean Volutae, with a few observations on the present state of conchology. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts 17(33): 28-38 [36].
Type data:
Lectotype Mauritius. - Mitra lutea Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 2 pp. 321-686. [650, pl. 45, figs 7-9].
Type data:
Holotype port Dorey, New Guinea.
Generic Combinations
- Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824. —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [151] - Nebularia acuminata (Swainson, 1824). —
Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, 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: 253-337
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west and Central Pacific Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.374600)
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks, coral and coral-rubble, on exposed reefs
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [492, pl. 444]
Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [24]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [151, pl. 33, figs 9a-b]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | NEOGASTROPODA | 25-Sep-2019 | MODIFIED | |
01-Jun-2021 | MITRIDAE | 04-May-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
15-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |