Nebularia incompta (common name: tessellate mitre or auger-like mitre) is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description The shell size varies between 44 mm and 160 mm

Distribution This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Indo-Pacific Region. Coral Sea - Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

References

Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 323 Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links Gastropods.com : Mitra (Mitra) incompta; accessed : 11 December 2010