Mitromorpha Carpenter 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae

Alternative spellings: Mangelia (Mitromorpha), Mitramorpha

Synonyms: Clinomitra Bellardi 1889, Cymakra Gardner 1937, Diptychomitra Bellardi 1889, Helenella Casey 1904, Itia, Mitrithara Hedley 1922, Mitrolumna Bucquoy et al. 1883, Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) Bucquoy et al. 1883

Parent taxon: Mitromorphidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Baluk 2003, Beu et al. 1990, Davoli 2000, DuBar 1958, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Schnetler et al. 2024, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Anarithma, Arielia, Lovellona, Maorimorpha, Mitrellatoma, Scrinium

Subtaxa: Cymakra aspera Cymakra galeana Cymakra gracilior Cymakra intermedia Cymakra poncei Mitramorpha parsonsi Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) danica Mitromorpha carpenteri Mitromorpha crassaspera Mitromorpha dormitor Mitromorpha jacksonensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Italy (1), Mexico (4), Portugal (10), United States (23: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1), New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), United States (4: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 54 collections including 68 occurrences

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