Mitra (Tiara) mosaensis Abbass 1967 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Mitra (Tiara) according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Mitra (Tiara) bolivarensis, Mitra (Tiara) desmia, Mitra (Tiara) gigantea, Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi, Mitra (Tiara) isabella, Mitra (Tiara) lajoyi, Mitra (Tiara) substriatula, Mitra (Tiara) tegalensis, Tiara junghuhni

Type specimen: G458, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Egypt 9 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)

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