Pterygia Röding 1798 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Parent taxon: Mitridae according to H. S. Ladd 1977

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Northern Mariana Islands (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)

• Pliocene of India (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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