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Mitra (Mitra)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)89609https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=89609
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Mitra (Mitra)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subgenusMitra (Mitra)Lamarck 1798
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mitra (Mitra)subgenusbelongs to Mitrastated with evidenceLamarck, 1798
Mitra (Mitra)subgenusbelongs to Mitridaestated with evidenceTodd, 2001
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Mitridae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Mitridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections.

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mitra (Mitra) mitra
species
listed (PBDB)20.78 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1798Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck
1964Mitra (Mitra) Woodring p. 282
1977Mitra (Mitra) Ladd p. 59
2001Mitra (Mitra) Todd

References

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Woodring W. P. (1964) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 C, 241-297
Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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