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Nebularia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Nebularia was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Mitra (Nebularia) by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Mitra by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cylindromitrinae by Fedosov et al. (2018).

Species
N. acuminata, N. inquinata, N. subscrobiculata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Mitra aurantia, Mitra chrysostoma, Mitra contracta, Mitra coronata, Mitra crassicostata, Mitra fraga, Mitra hanleyana, Mitra limosa, Mitra turgida
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Nebularia Swainson
1960Mitra (Nebularia) MacNeil p. 92
1977Mitra (Nebularia) Ladd p. 60
1982Mitra (Nebularia) Ladd p. 53
2001Mitra (Nebularia) Todd
2002Dibaphus Sepkoski
2002Nebularia Sepkoski
2018Nebularia Fedosov et al. p. 314

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyCylindromitrinaeCossmann 1899
genusNebulariaSwainson 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nebularia Swainson 1840
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Nebularia acuminata Swainson 1824
Invalid names: Dibaphus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Mitra chinensis (76573 76574)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Mitra chinensis (77171 77172)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) N. subscrobiculata (179086)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Mitra inquinata (77133 77143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Mitra turgida (77975 77984 77985)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Palau Mitra turgida (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Guam Mitra aurantia (77938)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Mitra sp. (135816 135821 135822)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Mitra crassicostata (77937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Mitra chrysostoma (42349)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Mitra coronata (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Mitra hanleyana (42305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Mitra contracta (78043)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Mitra fraga (43334)