Nebela
| Nebela Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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.