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Mitra (Chrysame)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Mitra (Chrysame) Aldrich p. 121
1939Mitra (Chrysame) Mukerjee p. 66
1961Mitra (Chrysame) Dey
2002Chrysame 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
subgenusChrysame

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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Chrysame sowerbyi d'Orbigny 1852
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Mitra sowerbyi (77171 77172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Mitra sowerbyi (72033 72084 76573)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Chrysame sowerbyi (179086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Mitra sowerbyi (63040 70086)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Mitra sowerbyi (42339)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Mitra pellisserpentis (96785) Mitra turben (96787)