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Mitra (Cancilla) flammea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Mitra flammea was named by Quoy (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mitra (Cancilla) flammea by Cossmann (1903), Vredenburg (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cancilla alligata, Cancilla granatina, Cancilla planicostata, Cancilla sismondai, M. absona, M. acteoglypha, M. acuta, M. admissa, M. aerumnosa, M. afficta, M. ambigua, M. arata, M. arva, M. assimilis, M. astricta, M. aurantia, M. barbadensis, M. basteroti, M. berlinerae, M. biformis, M. bovei, M. brunnea, M. carbonaria, M. cepporum, M. chrysalis, M. circula, M. cognatella, M. cohibita, M. columbellaeformis, M. compressa, M. confundenda, M. conquista, M. contorta, M. cornea, M. cornicula, M. cramei, M. crassa, M. cruentata, M. cyclica, M. defossa, M. dolium, M. dufresnei, M. eremitarium, M. eucadoriana, M. eusulcata, M. faxensis, M. fulgurita, M. fulvescens, M. funiculata, M. fusca, M. gausapata, M. gigantea, M. glabra, M. granatiformis, M. graviuscula, M. grooti, M. hamilzei, M. hirosei, M. hosfordensis, M. idea, M. incognita, M. inconspicua, M. indistinta, M. interlirata, M. intermissa, M. ishidae, M. lens, M. limbifera, M. lutea, M. megaspira, M. musa, M. neglecta, M. observabilis, M. omalii, M. parva, M. pellisserpentis, M. ponderosa, M. praelavigata, M. prodroma, M. proxima, M. punticulata, M. quirosana, M. rhytidata, M. rupicola, M. sedanensis, M. semiarata, M. semiferruginea, M. senecta, M. sismondae, M. solitaria, M. stephensoni, M. stictica, M. striolata, M. subangulata, M. subglabra, M. subuliformis, M. subumbilicata, M. suturalis, M. tabanula, M. taeniolata, M. textura, M. thomsoni, M. turbinata, M. turricula, M. variegata, M. versicolor, M. volutiformis, M. yokoyamai, M. zerbina, M. menkrawitensis, M. yokoyamai, M. yonabaruensis, M. pellisserpentis, M. turben, M. ardjunoi, M. atjehensis, M. bayeri, M. cucumerina, M. mitrai, M. semarai, M. exasperata, M. judaeorum, M. obeliscus, M. monoplicata, M. sadleri, M. adamsi, M. carlosi, M. conquista, M. hectori, M. loochooensis, M. perexilis, M. polita, M. wateleti, M. bomasensis, M. fusiformis, M. kelirensis, M. martini, M. postera, M. puncticulata, M. semicincta, M. sowerbyi, M. sphaerulata, M. aurantia, M. chrysostoma, M. contracta, M. coronata, M. crassicostata, M. fraga, M. hanleyana, M. limosa, M. turgida, M. pyramis, M. prodroma, M. dewalquei, M. omalii, M. aureolata, M. lindae, M. lindae, M. chrysostoma, M. fastigum, M. tristis, M. compsa, M. musa, M. aegra, M. circulata, M. indentata, M. interlirata, M. long, M. longa, M. menkrawitensis, M. mitrodita, M. quirosana, M. silicata, M. supstriatula, M. plicaria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Mitra flammea Quoy p. 659 figs. pl. 45, figs. 23-25
1903Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Cossmann p. 123 figs. pl. 4, figs. 11, 12
1925Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Vredenburg p. 149

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyImbricariinaeTroschel 1868
genusMitraSwainson 1840
subgenusCancilla
speciesflammea(Quoy 1832)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Mitra flammea (77133)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Mitra flammea (42229)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Mitra flammea (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Mitra flammea (78263)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Mitra flammea (72098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan Mitra flammea (96255 96259 96272 96276)