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Mitrella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Mitrella Risso p. 247
1880Columbella (Mitrella) Hörnes and Auinger p. 96
1938Mitrella Wenz p. 1137
1948Mitrella Gardner p. 225
1952Pyrene (Mitrella) Glibert p. 311
1960Mitrella MacNeil p. 67
1964Mitrella Woodring p. 246
1970Mitrella Addicott p. 87
1977Mitrella Ladd p. 47
1987Mitrella Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1994Mitrella Wilson p. 101
2001Mitrella Todd
2001Mitrella Wienrich p. 476
2002Mitrela Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 73
2002Mitrella Sepkoski
2008Mitrella Duerr p. 151
2017Mitrella Darragh p. 70

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusMitrellaRisso 1826

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. Mitrella Risso 1826
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Mitrela agenta Harzhauser and Kowalke 2002
Subg. Mitrella (Atilia) Adams and Adams 1853
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Pyrene (Atilia) fallax Hörnes and Auinger 1880
Subg. †Mitrella (Mitrella) Risso 1826
Subg. †Mitrella (Mitrella) Risso 1826
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Mitrella anchuela Keen 1943
Mitrella broderipi Sowerby 1844
Mitrella cantaurana Gibson-Smith 1974
Mitrella debooyi Maury 1917
Mitrella edensis Richards and Harbison 1947
Mitrella epacta Woodring 1964
Mitrella gardnerae Olsson and Harbison 1953
Mitrella gardnerae ecarinata Olsson and Harbison 1953
Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850
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Invalid names: Mitrella gouldii Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Nassa pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Mitrella guttata Sowerby 1832
Mitrella hayesorum Duerr 2008
Mitrella hilberi Cossmann 1901
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Invalid names: Columbella carinata Hilber 1879 [synonym], Columbella hilberi Cossmann 1966 [synonym]
Mitrella limonensis Gabb 1881
Mitrella mikra Gardner 1947
Mitrella nanna Gardner 1947
Mitrella oryzoides Gardner 1947
Mitrella pedana Gardner 1947
Mitrella phyllisae Duerr 2008
Mitrella sima Gardner 1947
Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864
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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (360 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) M. fortis (205466)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) M. sp., M. alabamensis (52197)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) M. sp. (84651)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Baja California) M. sp. (220401)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) M. sp. (92467)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) M. nuttalli (7788 7789 84325 84337) M. texana, M. nuttalli (83950)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) M. alabamensis (98390) M. erecta (98277)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) M. bastropensis (90455 90651 205532) M. nuttali, M. texana (205520) M. nuttalli (205521 205533) M. sp. (205421 205436 205503 205527)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) M. bucciniformis (205420)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) M. bucciniformis (2417 2453 2454) M. bucciniformis, M. parva (90600) M. bucciniformis, M. sp., M. parva (205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) M. casteri (98787) M. parva (1413)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) M. bastropensis (90707 99734) M. bucciniformis (2444 2446 2449 2451 205508) M. parva (164232) M. sp. (99755)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) M. bastropensis (90454 90656 205422) M. bucciniformis, M. casteri (205483) M. sp. (205267 205410 205414 205433) M. sp., M. spp. (205480)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) M. bastropensis (92378) M. bucciniformis (92308) M. bucciniformis, M. casteri (92355)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (205816)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama M. sp. (42528 42534)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) M. fuscicava (5791) M. oryzoides (179336) M. sp. (74077 74078 74079 74081 74083)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Columbella tenuilineata (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama M. epacta (42558)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) M. turgidula, M. acanthodes, M. eluthera, M. dicaria (60985)