Nebularia ferruginea Rusty Mitre

Nebularia ferruginea is commonly referred to as Rusty Mitre. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 1063207

Scientific:: Nebularia ferruginea
German:: Rostige-Mitra
English:: Rusty Mitre

Category:: Snäckor med skal

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitridae (Family) > Nebularia (Genus) > ferruginea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1811

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea
Sea depth:: 1 - 45 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.97" (1,9cm - 5,8cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Nebularia ambigua
Nebularia aurantia
Nebularia aurora
Nebularia coffea
Nebularia coronata
Nebularia fulvescens
Nebularia imperialis
Nebularia luctuosa
Nebularia rutila
Nebularia vultuosa

More related species in this lexicon:

Nebularia ferruginea
Rostige-Mitra

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-05-07 13:03:49
Last edit:: 2021-05-07 13:04:21

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Nebularia ferruginea (Lamarck, 1811)

Nebularia ferruginea is a marine gastropod in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

The Rusty Mitre is a mostly common species living on a variety of lagoon, pinnacle and seaward reefs, usually under rocks by day and crawling exposed at night. Depths range from the intertidal down to at least 45m.

Synonymised names:
Mitra (Nebularia) ferruginea Lamarck, 1811
Mitra ferruginea Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)

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