Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson 1840 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Alternative spelling: Nebularia

Parent taxon: Mitra according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Mitra (Atrimitra), Mitra (Chrysame), Mitra (Eumitra), Mitra (Pleioptygma), Mitra (Strigatella), Mitra (Tiara), Mitra acuminata, Mitra almagrensis, Mitra apposita, Mitra berlineri, Mitra bucciniformis, Mitra cancellina, Mitra carinata, Mitra cellulifera, Mitra chinensis, Mitra citharella, Mitra clementensis, Mitra comicula, Mitra crebricosta, Mitra cretacea, Mitra douglasensis, Mitra dufesnei, Mitra elongata, Mitra fusellina, Mitra granatinaeformis, Mitra graniformis, Mitra hammakeri, Mitra henekeni, Mitra inquinata, Mitra jenkinsi, Mitra lenhilli, Mitra limata, Mitra litterata, Mitra lowei, Mitra lugubris, Mitra marginata, Mitra mariana, Mitra marylandica, Mitra maura, Mitra minori, Mitra mississippiensis, Mitra mixta, Mitra mutica, Mitra nodulosa, Mitra plicatella, Mitra plicifera, Mitra poas, Mitra quemadica, Mitra quilonensis, Mitra raricosta, Mitra rosacea, Mitra rudis, Mitra saltata, Mitra sandieguitoensis, Mitra simplicissima, Mitra singuensis, Mitra slevini, Mitra staminea, Mitra stefaninii, Mitra syra, Mitra terebellum, Mitra terebraeformis, Mitra titan, Mitra uvasana, Mitra variabilis, Mitra vicksburgensis, Mitra vincentiana, Mitra washingtoniana, Mitra yasila

Subtaxa: Nebularia subscrobiculata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), the Marshall Islands (1), Vanuatu (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Guam (1), India (1), the Marshall Islands (3), Palau (1), Panama (3)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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