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Mitra
Taxonomy
Mitra was named by Lamarck (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Voluta mitra. It is the type genus of Mitrinae.
It was reranked as Voluta (Mitra) by Brocchi (1814).
It was assigned to Voluta by Brocchi (1814); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Mitridae by Martin (1904), Mansfield (1925), Woodring (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Abbass (1967), Addicott (1970), Marasti (1973), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Perrilliat (1987), Petuch (1988), Perrilliat (1992), Squires (2001), Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2007), Wienrich and Janssen (2007); and to Mitrinae by MacNeil (1960), Woodring (1964), Wilson (1993), Davoli (2000), Stilwell et al. (2004), Fedosov et al. (2018).
It was reranked as Voluta (Mitra) by Brocchi (1814).
It was assigned to Voluta by Brocchi (1814); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Mitridae by Martin (1904), Mansfield (1925), Woodring (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Abbass (1967), Addicott (1970), Marasti (1973), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Perrilliat (1987), Petuch (1988), Perrilliat (1992), Squires (2001), Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2007), Wienrich and Janssen (2007); and to Mitrinae by MacNeil (1960), Woodring (1964), Wilson (1993), Davoli (2000), Stilwell et al. (2004), Fedosov et al. (2018).
Species
M. (Tiara), M. alizalis, M. almagrensis, M. apposita, M. berlineri, M. bucciniformis, M. cancellina, M. cellulifera, M. citharella, M. clementensis, M. comicula, M. cramei, M. crebricosta, M. cretacea, M. douglasensis, M. dufesnei, M. elongata, M. fusellina, M. granatinaeformis, M. graniformis, M. hammakeri, M. henekeni, M. jenkinsi, M. limata, M. lowei, M. marginata, M. mariana, M. marylandica, M. maura, M. minori, M. mississippiensis, M. mitra, M. mixta, M. murietta, M. mutica, M. plicatella, M. plicifera, M. poas, M. quemadica, M. quilonensis, M. raricosta, M. rudis, M. sandieguitoensis, M. simplicissima, M. singuensis, M. slevini, M. staminea, M. stefaninii, M. sulcata, M. syra, M. terebellum, M. terebraeformis, M. thomsoni, M. titan, M. uvasana, M. vicksburgensis, M. vincentiana, M. washingtoniana, M. yasila
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. absona, M. acteoglypha, M. acuta, M. adamsi, M. admissa, M. aegra, M. aerumnosa, M. afficta, M. ambigua, M. arata, M. ardjunoi, M. arva, M. assimilis, M. astricta, M. atjehensis, M. aurantia, M. aurantia, M. barbadensis, M. basteroti, M. bayeri, M. berlinerae, M. biformis, M. bomasensis, M. bovei, M. brunnea, M. carbonaria, M. carlosi, M. cepporum, M. chrysalis, M. chrysostoma, M. chrysostoma, M. circula, M. circulata, M. cognatella, M. cohibita, M. columbellaeformis, M. compressa, M. compsa, M. confundenda, M. conquista, M. conquista, M. contorta, M. contracta, M. cornea, M. cornicula, M. coronata, M. crassa, M. crassicostata, M. cruentata, M. cyclica, M. defossa, M. dewalquei, M. dolium, M. dufresnei, M. eremitarium, M. eucadoriana, M. eusulcata, M. exasperata, M. fastigum, M. faxensis, M. flammea, M. fraga, M. fulgurita, M. fulvescens, M. funiculata, M. fusca, M. fusiformis, M. gausapata, M. gigantea, M. glabra, M. granatiformis, M. graviuscula, M. grooti, M. hamilzei, M. hanleyana, M. hectori, M. hirosei, M. hosfordensis, M. idea, M. incognita, M. inconspicua, M. indentata, M. indistinta, M. intermissa, M. ishidae, M. judaeorum, M. kelirensis, M. lens, M. limbifera, M. limosa, M. lindae, M. lindae, M. long, M. longa, M. loochooensis, M. lutea, M. martini, M. megaspira, M. menkrawitensis, M. menkrawitensis, M. mitrai, M. mitrodita, M. musa, M. musa, M. neglecta, M. observabilis, M. omalii, M. omalii, M. parva, M. pellisserpentis, M. pellisserpentis, M. perexilis, M. plicaria, M. polita, M. ponderosa, M. postera, M. praelavigata, M. prodroma, M. prodroma, M. proxima, M. puncticulata, M. punticulata, M. pyramis, M. quirosana, M. quirosana, M. rhytidata, M. rontundilirata, M. rupicola, M. sedanensis, M. semarai, M. semiarata, M. semicincta, M. semiferruginea, M. senecta, M. silicata, M. sismondae, M. solitaria, M. sowerbyi, M. sphaerulata, M. stephensoni, M. stictica, M. striolata, M. subangulata, M. subglabra, M. subuliformis, M. subumbilicata, M. supstriatula, M. suturalis, M. tabanula, M. taeniolata, M. textura, M. tristis, M. turben, M. turbinata, M. turgida, M. turricula, M. variegata, M. versicolor, M. volutiformis, M. wateleti, M. yokoyamai, M. yokoyamai, M. yonabaruensis, M. zerbina
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Sessa on 2023-11-11
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1798 | Mitra Lamarck figs. pl. 369 |
| 1814 | Voluta (Mitra) Brocchi |
| 1904 | Mitra Martin p. 176 |
| 1925 | Mitra Mansfield p. 189 |
| 1928 | Mitra Woodring p. 242 |
| 1931 | Mitra Grant, IV and Gale p. 634 |
| 1935 | Mitra Oostingh p. 89 |
| 1938 | Mitra Turner p. 73 |
| 1939 | Mitra Mukerjee p. 65 |
| 1953 | Mitra Olsson and Harbison p. 189 |
| 1960 | Mitra MacNeil p. 91 |
| 1964 | Mitra Woodring p. 282 |
| 1967 | Mitra Abbass p. 99 |
| 1970 | Mitra Addicott p. 103 |
| 1973 | Mitra Marasti p. 95 |
| 1977 | Mitra Ladd p. 59 |
| 1982 | Mitra Ladd p. 53 |
| 1987 | Mitra Perrilliat p. 19 |
| 1988 | Mitra Petuch p. 162 |
| 1992 | Mitra Perrilliat p. 26 |
| 1993 | Mitra Wilson p. 144 |
| 2000 | Mitra Davoli p. 197 |
| 2001 | Mitra Squires p. 10 |
| 2001 | Mitra Todd |
| 2002 | Mitra Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Mitra Stilwell et al. p. 47 |
| 2007 | Mitra Harzhauser p. 108 |
| 2007 | Mitra Wienrich and Janssen p. 649 |
| 2018 | Mitra Fedosov et al. p. 283 |
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G. Mitra Lamarck 1798
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Subg. Mitra (Tiara) Swainson 1831
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†Mitra (Tiara) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Mitra (Tiara) desmia Gardner 1938
†Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852
†Mitra (Tiara) lajoyi Deshayes 1824
†Mitra (Tiara) mosaensis Abbass 1967
†Mitra (Tiara) substriatula d'Orbigny 1852
†Mitra (Tiara) tegalensis Oostingh 1935
†Tiara junghuhni Martin 1879
†Mitra alizalis Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Mitra almagrensis Toula 1911
†Mitra almagrensis coralliophila Olsson 1922
†Mitra apposita Bellardi 1887
†Mitra berlineri Maury 1917
†Mitra bucciniformis Martin 1879
†Mitra cancellina Lamarck 1803
†Mitra cellulifera Conrad 1848
†Mitra citharella Lamarck 1803
†Mitra clementensis Hanna 1927
Mitra comicula Linnaeus 1758
†Mitra cramei Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Mitra crebricosta Lamarck 1803
†Mitra cretacea Gabb 1864
†Mitra douglasensis Turner 1938
†Mitra dufesnei Basterot 1825
†Mitra elongata Lamarck 1803
†Mitra fusellina Lamarck 1803
†Mitra granatinaeformis Martin 1884
†Mitra graniformis Lamarck 1803
†Mitra hammakeri Harris 1894
†Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
†Mitra jenkinsi Martin 1879
†Mitra limata Jung 1971
Mitra lowei Dall 1903
†Mitra marginata Lamarck 1803
†Mitra mariana Martin 1904
†Mitra marylandica Clark 1895
Mitra maura Broderip 1836
†Mitra minori Hanna 1927
†Mitra mississippiensis Conrad 1848
Mitra mitra Linnaeaus 1758
†Mitra mixta Lamarck 1803
†Mitra murietta Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Mitra mutica Lamarck 1803
†Mitra plicatella Lamarck 1803
†Mitra plicifera Wood 1848
†Mitra poas Olsson 1922
†Mitra quemadica Maury 1917
†Mitra quilonensis Dey 1961
†Mitra raricosta Lamarck 1803
†Mitra rudis Gabb 1873
†Mitra sandieguitoensis Hanna 1927
†Mitra simplicissima Cooper 1894
†Mitra singuensis Vredenburg 1921
†Mitra slevini Dickerson 1915
†Mitra staminea Conrad 1848
†Mitra stefaninii Nardini 1934
Mitra sulcata Menke 1829
†Mitra syra Dall 1915
†Mitra terebellum Lamarck 1803
†Mitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848
†Mitra thomsoni Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Mitra titan Gabb 1873
†Mitra uvasana Dickerson 1915
†Mitra vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
†Mitra vincentiana beta Cossmann 1881
†Mitra washingtoniana Weaver 1912
†Mitra yasila Olsson 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Collections (249 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Belgium | M. omalii (3118) M. omalii, M. dewalquei (22931) | |
| Danian | Greenland | Tiara sp. (22943) | |
| Danian | Denmark | M. subglabra, M. glabra, M. faxensis (176994) | |
| Danian | Poland | M. omalii (27625) | |
| Paleocene | Germany | M. omalii (3115) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand | M. sp. (64698) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Maryland) | M. marylandica (99288) | |
| Thanetian | Australia (Victoria) | M. rhytidata (6266 6267) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Australia (Victoria) | M. rhytidata (85124) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Oregon) | M. cretacea (200799 200800) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | M. cretacea (167604) M. simplicissima (51928 51942 122294) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (California) | Proximitra cretacea (8011) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Oregon) | M. cretacea (200917) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria (Imo) | M. sp. (42655) | |
| Eocene | USA (Washington) | M. washingtoniana (241808) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | M. simplicissima (207115) M. simplicissima, M. uvasana (207116) M. uvasana, M. simplicissima (207113) Voluta slevini, Voluta sp. (207112) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Oregon) | M. clementensis (200910) M. douglasensis (200870) M. washingtoniana (200874) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Fusimitra simplicissima (94821) M. clementensis (122663) Proximitra cretacea (178733) | |
| Lutetian | France | M. crebricosta, M. plicatella, M. cancellina, M. fusellina, M. citharella (184110) M. elongata (184133) M. graniformis (184132) M. marginata, M. raricosta, M. mixta, M. terebellum, M. mutica (184107) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | M. columbellaeformis, M. bucciniformis (70082) M. junghuhni (70102) | |