Mitra yasila Olsson 1930 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164

Belongs to Mitra according to A. A. Olsson 1930

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 plicifera, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas

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