Nebela

Nebela
Temporal range: PleistoceneRecent
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
Species

13 species

Synonyms

Nebela is a diverse genus of testate amoebae of cosmopolitan distribution, belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. They are "prey agglutinated" or "kleptosquamic" organisms, meaning they take the inorganic plates from their prey to construct their test.