Pterygia Röding 1798 (mitre shell)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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