Mitrela agenta Harzhauser and Kowalke 2002 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae

Full reference: M. Harzhauser and T. Kowalke. 2002. Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys. Facies 46:57-82

Belongs to Mitrela according to M. Harzhauser and T. Kowalke 2002

Sister taxa: Columbella (Mitrella) tenuilineata, Mitrella (Atilia), Mitrella (Mitrella), Mitrella (Mitrella), Mitrella anchuela, Mitrella broderipi, Mitrella cantaurana, Mitrella debooyi, Mitrella edensis, Mitrella epacta, Mitrella gardnerae, Mitrella gausapata, Mitrella guttata, Mitrella hayesorum, Mitrella hilberi, Mitrella limonensis, Mitrella mikra, Mitrella nanna, Mitrella oryzoides, Mitrella parva, Mitrella pedana, Mitrella phyllisae, Mitrella sima, Mitrella tuberosa

Type specimen: NHM W 2001 z0058/0001, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at St Margarethen - Layer A (Potamides disjunctus assemblage) (Miocene of Austria)

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