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Mitridae (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Mitridae Swainson
1904Mitridae Martin p. 176
1938Mitridae Turner p. 73
1947Mitridae Harris and Palmer p. 398
1964Mitridae Sohl p. 248
1970Mitridae Addicott p. 103
1984Mitridae Squires p. 34
1987Mitridae Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1988Mitridae Ponder and Warén p. 306
1998Mitridae Beesley p. 841
2000Mitridae Davoli p. 174
2001Mitridae Todd
2004Mitridae Stilwell et al. p. 47
2005Mitridae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2007Mitridae Harzhauser p. 108
2007Mitridae Wienrich and Janssen p. 649
2017Mitridae Bouchet et al. p. 351

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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
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 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.

Fm. Mitridae Swainson 1831 [mitre shell]
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Subfm. †Cylindromitrinae Cossmann 1899
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G. †Volvaria Lamarck 1810
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Subg. †Volvaria (Volvariella) Fischer 1883
Volvaria birmanica Noetling 1895
Volvaria bulloides Lamarck 1804
Volvaria lahirii Dey 1961
Volvaria reticulata Johnson 1899
Subfm. †Imbricariinae Troschel 1868
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G. †Austroimbricaria Olivera and Camacho 1990
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G. Cancilla Swainson 1840
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Subg. Cancilla (Cancilla) Swainson 1840
Subg. Cancilla (Domiporta) Cernohorsky 1970
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Subg. †Cancilla (Ziba) Adams and A. 1853
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Cancilla (Ziba) goniophora Bellardi 1850
Ziba flammea Quoy 1833
Cancilla arntzenii Martin 1916
Cancilla bronni Michellotti 1847
Cancilla filaris Linnaeus 1771
Cancilla hirosei Oyama et al. 1994
Cancilla praestantissima Röding 1798
Cancilla rembangensis Martin 1906
Cancilla scrobiculata Brocchi 1814
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Imbricaria olivaeformis Swainson 1821
G. †Neocancilla Cernohorsky 1966
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Neocancilla papilio Link 1807
G. Subcancilla Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Subcancilla colombiana Weisbord 1929
Subcancilla couvensis Maury 1925
Subcancilla dalli Engerrand and Urbina 1910
Subcancilla dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850
Subcancilla illacidata Woodring 1928
Subcancilla lindae Petuch 1987
Subcancilla longa Gabb 1873
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Mitra (Tiara) longa rhadina Woodring 1928
Subcancilla mauryae Anderson 1929
Subcancilla rhadina Woodring 1928
Subcancilla sulcata Swainson 1825
Subcancilla venezuelana Hodson 1931
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Mesorhytis granulosa Favre 1869
G. Mitra Lamarck 1798
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Subg. Mitra (Atrimitra) Dall 1918
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Mitra (Atrimitra) andersoni Addicott 1970
Mitra (Atrimitra) idae Melville 1893
Mitra (Atrimitra) orientalis Griffith and Pidgeon 1834
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Chrysame sowerbyi d'Orbigny 1852
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Eumitra alokiza Tenison-Woods 1880
Mitra (Eumitra) antarctmella Stilwell et al. 2004
Subg. Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson 1840
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Subg. Mitra (Pleioptygma) Conrad 1862
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Mitra (Pleioptygma) zaca Strong et al. 1933
Subg. Mitra (Strigatella) Swainson 1840
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Strigatella peruviana Olsson 1931
Subg. Mitra (Tiara) Swainson 1831
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Mitra (Tiara) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
Mitra (Tiara) desmia Gardner 1938
Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852
Mitra (Tiara) isabella Swainson 1831
Mitra (Tiara) lajoyi Deshayes 1824
Mitra (Tiara) mosaensis Abbass 1967
Mitra (Tiara) substriatula d'Orbigny 1852
Mitra (Tiara) tegalensis Oostingh 1935
Tiara junghuhni Martin 1879
Mitra acuminata Swainson 1824
Mitra almagrensis Toula 1911
Mitra apposita Bellardi 1887
Mitra berlineri Maury 1917
Mitra bucciniformis Martin 1879
Mitra cancellina Lamarck 1803
Mitra carinata Swainson 1824
Mitra cellulifera Conrad 1848
Mitra chinensis Gray 1839
Mitra citharella Lamarck 1803
Mitra clementensis Hanna 1927
Mitra comicula Linnaeus 1758
Mitra crebricosta Lamarck 1803
Mitra cretacea Gabb 1864
Mitra douglasensis Turner 1938
Mitra dufesnei Basterot 1825
Mitra elongata Lamarck 1803
Mitra fusellina Lamarck 1803
Mitra granatinaeformis Martin 1884
Mitra graniformis Lamarck 1803
Mitra hammakeri Harris 1894
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
Mitra inquinata Reeve 1844
Mitra jenkinsi Martin 1879
Mitra lenhilli Petuch 1988
Mitra limata Jung 1971
Mitra litterata Lamarck 1811
Mitra lugubris Swainson 1821
Mitra marginata Lamarck 1803
Mitra mariana Martin 1904
Mitra marylandica Clark 1895
Mitra maura Broderip 1836
Mitra minori Hanna 1927
Mitra mississippiensis Conrad 1848
Mitra mixta Lamarck 1803
Mitra mutica Lamarck 1803
Mitra nodulosa Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Mitra granulosa Lamarck 1811 [synonym]
Mitra plicatella Lamarck 1803
Mitra plicifera Wood 1848
Mitra poas Olsson 1922
Mitra quemadica Maury 1917
Mitra quilonensis Dey 1961
Mitra raricosta Lamarck 1803
Mitra rosacea Reeve 1845
Mitra rudis Gabb 1873
Mitra saltata Pease 1865
Mitra sandieguitoensis Hanna 1927
Mitra simplicissima Cooper 1894
Mitra singuensis Vredenburg 1921
Mitra slevini Dickerson 1915
Mitra staminea Conrad 1848
Mitra stefaninii Nardini 1934
Mitra syra Dall 1915
Mitra terebellum Lamarck 1803
Mitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848
Mitra titan Gabb 1873
Mitra uvasana Dickerson 1915
Mitra variabilis Reeve 1844
Mitra vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
Mitra vincentiana Cossmann 1881
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Mitra vincentiana gamma Cossmann 1881
Mitra vincentiana beta Cossmann 1881
Mitra washingtoniana Weaver 1912
Mitra yasila Olsson 1930
Subg. Mitra (Isara) Adams and Adams 1853
Subg. Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck 1798
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Mitra (Mitra) mitra Linnaeaus 1758
G. Mitraria Rafinesque 1815
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Subg. Mitraria (Mitraria) Rafinesque 1815
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Subfm. Mitrinae Swainson 1831
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G. †Fusimitra Conrad 1855
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Fusimitra conquisita Conrad 1848
Fusimitra limonensis Olsson 1922
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Invalid names: Mitra (Tiara) woodringi Vokes 1938 [synonym]
Fusimitra swainsoni Broderip 1836
G. †Paleofusimitra Sohl 1963
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G. Pterygia Röding 1798
G. †Pyrenomitra Eames 1952
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Pyrenomitra anachis Eames 1952
G. Scabricola Swainson 1840
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Subg. Scabricola (Scabricola) Swainson 1840
Invalid names: Pleioptygmatinae Quinn 1989 [empty], Strigatellinae Troschel 1869 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (637 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Mitridae indet. (6280)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Mesorhytis renauxianus (140889)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Mesorhytis cancellata (177758)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Mitridae indet. (6660) Mitridae sp. 1 (32140 32142)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) Mesorhytis granulosa (38811)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Mesorhytis obscura (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Paleofusimitra sp. (185168)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Paleofusimitra sp. (4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Paleofusimitra sp. (205541)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Voluta granulosa (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Paleofusimitra elongata (7478 7487 7586 7590 7592 7593)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Fusimitra glabra, Fusimitra subglabra (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Mitra omalii (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Mitra omalii (3118) Mitra omalii, Mitra dewalquei, Strigatella vicina, Mitra wateleti (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Mitra subglabra, Mitra glabra, Mitra faxensis (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Mesorhytis sp. (205260 205261) Paleofusimitra sp. (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Tiara sp. (22943)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Mesorhytis sp. B (90601)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Mitra omalii (3115)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Fusimitra aequicostata (35266) Fusimitra densistria (35263)