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Mitra (Mitra) mitra

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Voluta mitra was named by Linnaeaus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Mitra, Mitra (Mitra).

It was recombined as Mitra (Mitra) mitra by Woodring (1964); it was recombined as Mitra mitra by Lamarck (1799), Kosnik (2002) and Stilwell et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Voluta mitra Linnaeaus
1799Mitra mitra Lamarck
1964Mitra (Mitra) mitra Woodring p. 282
2002Mitra mitra Kosnik
2004Mitra mitra Stilwell et al. p. 47

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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
speciesMitra (Mitra) mitra(Linnaeaus 1758)
subgenusMitraLamarck 1798
speciesmitra(Linnaeaus 1758)

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.

Mitra (Mitra) mitra Linnaeaus 1758
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Diagnosis
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