Pyrenomitra Eames 1952 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168

Parent taxon: Mitridae according to F. E. Eames 1952

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cylindromitrinae, Dentrimitra, Imbricariinae, Mesorhytis, Mitra, Mitra (Isara), Mitra (Mitra), Mitraria, Mitrinae, Pleioptygmatinae, Pterygia, Scabricola, Strigatellinae

Subtaxa: Pyrenomitra anachis

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Type: Pyrenomitra anachis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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