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Mitromorpha

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Mitromorpha Carpenter p. 182
1883Mitrolumna Bucquoy et al.
1889Clinomitra Bellardi
1889Diptychomitra Bellardi
1904Helenella Casey
1922Mitrithara Hedley
1928Mitromorpha Woodring p. 249
1931Mangelia (Mitromorpha) Grant, IV and Gale p. 986
1937Cymakra Gardner p. 421
1958Mitramorpha DuBar p. 188
1990Mitrolumna Beu et al. p. 303
2000Mitrolumna Davoli p. 211
2001Mitrolumna Todd
2002Cymakra Sepkoski
2002Itia Sepkoski
2002Mitrithara Sepkoski
2002Mitrolumna Sepkoski
2002Mitromorpha Sepkoski
2003Mitrolumna Baluk p. 30
2011Mitromorpha Bouchet et al. p. 281
2024Mitromorpha Schnetler et al. p. 20
2024Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) Schnetler et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMitromorphidae(Casey 1904)
genusMitromorphaCarpenter 1865

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.

G. Mitromorpha Carpenter 1865
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Mitramorpha parsonsi Dickerson 1916
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Invalid names: Daphnella filosa Carpenter 1864 [replaced]
Mitromorpha crassaspera Grant and Gale 1931
Mitromorpha dormitor Sowerby 1844
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Invalid names: Mitromorpha cincta Dall 1900 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cymakra Gardner 1937 [synonym], Helenella Casey 1904 [synonym], Itia [synonym], Mitrithara Hedley 1922 [synonym], Mitrolumna Bucquoy et al. 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Mitramorpha parsonsi (122656)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Mitrolumna rustica (70082)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Mitrolumna eocenensis (90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Scobinella jacksonensis (90704)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Mitrolumna sp. (205222)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark M. danica (234515)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand Mitrithara waitakiensis (67861)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Cymakra poncei (41760 42290)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Mitrithara brachyspira (67897)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Mitrolumna sp. (56687)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. sp. (75043)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica M. sp. (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Mangelia gracilior (179079)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) M. intermedia (189765 189768)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mitramorpha cincta (41501) M. cincta (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Mitrolumna olivoidea (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) M. filosa, M. gracilior, M. aspera (223033) M. gracilior (202495) M. intermedia, M. aspera (202496)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Mangelia aspera (201624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) M. filosa (96592) M. filosa, M. aspera (96590)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) M. filosa (37948) M. filosa, M. gracilior (37940) M. filosa, M. gracilior, M. aspera (37947) M. gracilior (37934 37937 37939) M. gracilior, M. aspera (37933)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Mitrolumna sp. (79845)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mitramorpha cincta (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) M. filosa (138723) M. filosa, M. intermedia (222663) M. galeana, M. barbarensis (203113 203118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mangelia filosa, Mangelia gracilior (240593) M. filosa, M. gracilior (160361) M. gracilior (219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico M. gracilior, M. aspera (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) M. azorensis (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) M. aspera (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal M. azorensis (122283 122284 122285 122286 122287 122288 122289 122291 122292)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Mitrolumna stepheni (96355)