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Mitromorpha

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae

Taxonomy

Mitromorpha was named by Carpenter (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mitridae by Woodring (1928); to Turrinae by DuBar (1958); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mitromorphidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species

M. dormitor (syn. M. cincta), M. filosa, M. intermedia

Species lacking formal opinion data

M. aspera

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Synonyms

Mitrithara was named by Hedley (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 681]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitrolumna by Cernohorsky (1975) and Beu et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Mitrolumna was named by Bucquoy et al. (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 614,700]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitromorpha by Bouchet et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Mitromorphinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turridae by Davoli (2000), Todd (2001) and Baluk (2003).
Clinomitra was named by Bellardi (1889).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitrolumna by Davoli (2000).
Diptychomitra was named by Bellardi (1889).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitrolumna by Davoli (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Mitromorpha Carpenter p. 182
1883	Mitrolumna Bucquoy et al.
1889	Clinomitra Bellardi
1889	Diptychomitra Bellardi
1922	Mitrithara Hedley
1928	Mitromorpha Woodring p. 249
1958	Mitramorpha DuBar p. 188
1990	Mitrolumna Beu et al. p. 303
2000	Mitrolumna Davoli p. 211
2001	Mitrolumna Todd
2002	Mitrithara Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Mitrolumna Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Mitromorpha Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Mitrolumna Baluk p. 30
2011	Mitromorpha Bouchet et al. p. 281

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Mitromorphidae	(Casey 1904)
genus	Mitromorpha	Carpenter 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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available