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Eumitra

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Eumitra was named as a genus. It is extant. Its type is Mitra alokiza.

It was reranked as Mitra (Eumitra) by Stilwell et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Mitra by Stilwell et al. (2004); and to Mitrinae by Fedosov et al. (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Eumitra Sepkoski
2004Mitra (Eumitra) Stilwell et al. p. 48
2018Eumitra Fedosov et al. p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyMitrinaeSwainson 1831
genusEumitra

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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Eumitra alokiza Tenison-Woods 1880
Mitra (Eumitra) antarctmella Stilwell et al. 2004
Mitra (Eumitra) monoplicata Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Mitra (Eumitra) sadleri Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Zanclean or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Mitra monoplicata (63550 180150)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica Mitra sadleri (153802)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica Mitra sadleri (72403)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Mitra alokiza (166744)