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Mitra (Nebularia)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Nebularia was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Mitra (Nebularia) by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Mitra by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Nebularia Swainson
1960Mitra (Nebularia) MacNeil p. 92
1977Mitra (Nebularia) Ladd p. 60
1982Mitra (Nebularia) Ladd p. 53
2001Mitra (Nebularia) Todd
2002Nebularia Sepkoski

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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
genusMitra
subgenusNebularia(Swainson 1840)

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.

Subg. Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson 1840
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Mitra chinensis (77171 77172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Mitra chinensis (76573 76574)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Nebularia subscrobiculata (179086)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Mitra turgida (77975 77984 77985)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Palau Mitra turgida (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Guam Mitra aurantia (77938)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Mitra sp. (135816 135821 135822)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Mitra crassicostata (77937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Mitra chrysostoma (42349)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Mitra coronata (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Mitra hanleyana (42305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Mitra contracta (78043)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Mitra fraga (43334)