Nebularia fastigium (Reeve 1845)

Nebularia fastigium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 31 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along New Zealand

References

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 494
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp