Neotiara nodulosa

Neotiara nodulosa
	Mitra nodulosa (beaded miter snail) shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Neotiara
Species:	N. nodulosa
Binomial name
	Neotiara nodulosa; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Voluta pustula Lightfoot, 1786; Mitra nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791); Scabricola nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791); Voluta nodulosa Gmelin, 1791; Nebularia nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791); Mitra granulosa Lamarck, 1811; Voluta lutosa Dillwyn, 1817; Mitra granulata Blainville, 1824; Mitra monilifera auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850; Mitra brasiliensis Oliveira, Almeida, Vieira & Oliveira, 1969;

Neotiara nodulosa, common name : the nodulose mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[2]

Description[edit]

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 50 mm.

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, the Bermudas to Brazil.

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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