''Nebularia pyramis'' (common name: Pyramis mitre) is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The shell size is .
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean in the
Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
* Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). ''The Mitrinae of the World''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 424
* Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). ''Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice''
External links
Gastropods.com : ''Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis''; accessed : 10 December 2010{{Taxonbar, from=Q6882247
pyramis
Pyramis Group is a Greek multinational kitchen products corporation, headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece.
History
The Decade of Establishment: 1959–1968
In 1959, Alexandros Bakatselos, Chairman of Pyramis, opened a small workshop specialis ...
Gastropods described in 1828