Nebela Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent
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Nebela flabellulum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Tubulinea |
Order: | Arcellinida |
Family: | Hyalospheniidae |
Genus: | Nebela Leidy 1874 |
Type species | |
Nebela collaris (Ehrenberg 1848) Leidy 1879
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Nebela is a diverse genus of testate amoebae of cosmopolitan distribution, belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae.[1] They are "prey agglutinated" or "kleptosquamic" organisms, meaning they take the inorganic plates from their prey to construct their test.[2]