Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Mitra according to M. A. Hanna 1927
Sister taxa: Mitra (Tiara), Mitra alizalis, Mitra almagrensis, Mitra apposita, Mitra berlineri, Mitra bucciniformis, Mitra cancellina, Mitra cellulifera, Mitra citharella, Mitra comicula, Mitra cramei, Mitra crebricosta, Mitra cretacea, Mitra douglasensis, Mitra dufesnei, Mitra elongata, Mitra fusellina, Mitra granatinaeformis, Mitra graniformis, Mitra hammakeri, Mitra henekeni, Mitra jenkinsi, Mitra limata, Mitra lowei, Mitra marginata, Mitra mariana, Mitra marylandica, Mitra maura, Mitra minori, Mitra mississippiensis, Mitra mitra, Mitra mixta, Mitra murietta, Mitra mutica, Mitra plicatella, Mitra plicifera, Mitra poas, Mitra quemadica, Mitra quilonensis, Mitra raricosta, Mitra rudis, Mitra sandieguitoensis, Mitra simplicissima, Mitra singuensis, Mitra slevini, Mitra staminea, Mitra stefaninii, Mitra syra, Mitra terebellum, Mitra terebraeformis, Mitra thomsoni, Mitra titan, Mitra uvasana, Mitra vicksburgensis, Mitra vincentiana, Mitra washingtoniana, Mitra yasila
Type specimen: UCMP 30991, a partial shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 5051 San Clemente Creek, San Diego, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in the La Jolla Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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