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Mitra (Tiara)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Tiara Swainson
1928Mitra (Tiara) Woodring p. 242
1935Mitra (Tiara) Oostingh p. 89
1961Mitra (Tiara) Dey
1964Mitra (Tiara) Woodring p. 283
1967Mitra (Tiara) Abbass p. 100
1973Mitra (Tiara) Marasti p. 92
2002Tiara Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
genusMitra
subgenusTiara(Swainson 1831)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Mitra (Tiara) Swainson 1831
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Mitra (Tiara) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
Mitra (Tiara) desmia Gardner 1938
Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852
Mitra (Tiara) isabella Swainson 1831
Mitra (Tiara) lajoyi Deshayes 1824
Mitra (Tiara) mosaensis Abbass 1967
Mitra (Tiara) substriatula d'Orbigny 1852
Mitra (Tiara) tegalensis Oostingh 1935
Tiara junghuhni Martin 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Tiara sp. (22943)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Mitra junghuhni (70102)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Mitra mosaensis (2959)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Mitra bolivarensis (42836)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Mitra sp. (42558)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Mitra silicata (60985 61072)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Mitra sp. (42607)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) Mitra sp. (112599 112601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Mitra aegra (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Mitra substriatula (62882) Mitra substriatula, Mitra grateloupi (62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Mitra grateloupi (62884)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Mitra mitrodita (41760 42225 42250 42290 42328 42366)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Mitra sp. (42619 49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Mitra quirosana (60144 60703 60709)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Mitra substriatula (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Mitra substriatula (61895 61897 61898 61902 61904 61905 61906 62885 62886)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Tiara angsanana, Tiara flammea, Tiara sucabumiana (63040) Tiara flammea, Tiara gerthi, Tiara rembangensis, Tiara sucabumiana (70085) Tiara menkrawitensis, Tiara sokkohensis, Tiara vandervlerki (70081) Tiara sokkohensis (70086)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Mitra desmia (42692 42870)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Belgium Mitra grateloupi (77861)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Mitra supstriatula (86875)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Mitra substriatula (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Mitra long (93062)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Mitra grateloupi (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Mitra interlirata (42339) Mitra menkrawitensis (42311) Mitra menkrawitensis, Mitra sp. (42310) Mitra sp. (42386)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Tiara flammea (70122) Tiara sucabumiana (70077) Tiara tjikeusikensis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines (Panay) Tiara flammea (41649)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Mitra tegalensis (84524) Tiara circula (70123) Tiara flammea (70087) Tiara interlirata, Tiara tjikeusikensis (70105)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Mitra circulata (77658)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Mitra indentata (72101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Philippines (Panay) Tiara flammea (41664)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Mitra gigantea (51878)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Cancilla isabella (78043)