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Mitracea (disused)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda

Taxonomy
Mitracea was named by Swainson (1831) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10235].

It was assigned to Toxoglossa by Sohl (1964); and to Muricoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Mitracea Swainson
1964Mitracea Sohl p. 382
1988Mitracea Ponder and Warén p. 304

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
superfamilyMitraceaSwainson 1831
superfamilyMitraceaSwainson 1831

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.

Superfm. †Mitracea Swainson 1831
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available