Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck 1798 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Parent taxon: Mitridae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Ladd 1977 and Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Cylindromitrinae, Dentrimitra, Imbricariinae, Mesorhytis, Mitra, Mitra (Isara), Mitraria, Mitrinae, Pleioptygmatinae, Pterygia, Pyrenomitra, Scabricola, Strigatellinae

Subtaxa: Mitra (Mitra) mitra

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Type: Voluta mitra

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Hawaii collections)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (3), Turkey (1)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Romania (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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