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.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
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. Wesley M. Thorsson and Richard Salisbury: Introduction to Chapter 2 of Living Mitridae: Nebularia, Part 1; Internet Hawaiian Shell News, July 2001
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.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
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)
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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