Mitra plicifera Wood 1848 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Full reference: S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208

Belongs to Mitra according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Mitra (Atrimitra), Mitra (Chrysame), Mitra (Eumitra), Mitra (Nebularia), Mitra (Pleioptygma), Mitra (Strigatella), Mitra (Tiara), Mitra acuminata, Mitra almagrensis, Mitra apposita, Mitra berlineri, Mitra bucciniformis, Mitra cancellina, Mitra carinata, Mitra cellulifera, Mitra chinensis, Mitra citharella, Mitra clementensis, Mitra comicula, Mitra crebricosta, Mitra cretacea, Mitra douglasensis, Mitra dufesnei, Mitra elongata, Mitra fusellina, Mitra granatinaeformis, Mitra graniformis, Mitra hammakeri, Mitra henekeni, Mitra inquinata, Mitra jenkinsi, Mitra lenhilli, Mitra limata, Mitra litterata, Mitra lowei, Mitra lugubris, Mitra marginata, Mitra mariana, Mitra marylandica, Mitra maura, Mitra minori, Mitra mississippiensis, Mitra mixta, Mitra mutica, Mitra nodulosa, Mitra plicatella, Mitra poas, Mitra quemadica, Mitra quilonensis, Mitra raricosta, Mitra rosacea, Mitra rudis, Mitra saltata, Mitra sandieguitoensis, Mitra simplicissima, Mitra singuensis, Mitra slevini, Mitra staminea, Mitra stefaninii, Mitra syra, Mitra terebellum, Mitra terebraeformis, Mitra titan, Mitra uvasana, Mitra variabilis, Mitra vicksburgensis, Mitra vincentiana, Mitra washingtoniana, Mitra yasila

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mitra plicifera in the database

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