†Mesorhytis (mitre shell)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Parent taxon: Mitridae according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cylindromitrinae, Dentrimitra, Imbricariinae, Mitra, Mitra (Isara), Mitra (Mitra), Mitraria, Mitrinae, Pleioptygmatinae, Pterygia, Pyrenomitra, Scabricola, Strigatellinae
Subtaxa: Mesorhytis granulosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Alabama, Maryland collections)
• Paleocene of United States (7: Alabama, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Brazil (1), France (1), Germany (1), United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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