Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis (Wood, 1828)
Length: 44.9mm, Width: 15.8mm, Height: 14.7mm. Exposed on sand, 55 ft. Agat Bay, Guam. Collected by Steve Norby on 16 October 2005.
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Habitat: Usually found dead, no shallower than 30 ft. Not entirely certain as to the preferred habitat. It appears to be associated with rubbly, sandy bottoms edging the reef or below reef ledges.
Availability: Rare on Guam.
Size: Up to about 50mm.
References:
Abbott, R. Tucker & S. Peter Dance. Compendium of Seashells. p. 198.
Cernohorsky, Walter O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17):424-425. pl. 371, fig 1-3.
----. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. p. 97. pl. 30, fig. 6.
Pechar, Prior & Parkinson. Mitre Shells from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. pl. 4, fig. 3.
Robin, Alain & Jean-Claude Martin. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. p. 15. pl. M-14.
Salisbury, Richard & Wesley Thorsson. 2001. Living Mitridae Chapter Mitra, part 6. Internet Hawaiian Shell News May 2001, Month Section, p. 17-18.
Springsteen, F. J. & F. M. Leobrera. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. p. 194; pl. 53, fig. 9.
Links:
- Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
- Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut's Mitroidea
- OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database