''Nebularia eremitarum'' (common name: adusta mitre) is a species of

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, a marine

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mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 38 mm and 86 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along

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, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

References

* Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). ''The Mitrinae of the World''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 324 {{Taxonbar, from=Q3317139 eremitarum Gastropods described in 1798