Subfamily Pleioptygmatinae Quinn 1989 (mitre shell)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Alternative spelling: Pleioptygmatidae
Parent taxon: Mitridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Cylindromitrinae, Dentrimitra, Imbricariinae, Mesorhytis, Mitra, Mitra (Isara), Mitra (Mitra), Mitraria, Mitrinae, Pterygia, Pyrenomitra, Scabricola, Strigatellinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pleioptygmatinae in the database