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Mitra (Tiara)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	100925	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100925

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Mitra : Mitra (Tiara)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Mitridae	Swainson 1831
genus	Mitra	Lamarck 1798
subgenus	Mitra (Tiara)	(Swainson 1831)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mitra (Tiara)	subgenus	belongs to Mitra	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1928
Mitra (Tiara)	subgenus	belongs to Mitra	stated without evidence	Dey, 1961
Mitra (Tiara)	subgenus	belongs to Mitra	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1964
Mitra (Tiara)	subgenus	belongs to Mitra	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Mitra (Tiara)	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (18%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Mitridae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Mitridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mitra (Tiara) bolivarensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Mitra (Tiara) desmia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Mitra (Tiara) gigantea species	listed (PBDB)	1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Mitra (Tiara) isabella ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Mitra (Tiara) lajoyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Mitra (Tiara) mosaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mitra (Tiara) substriatula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	13	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Mitra (Tiara) tegalensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Tiara junghuhni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1831	Tiara Swainson
1928	Mitra (Tiara) Woodring p. 242
1935	Mitra (Tiara) Oostingh p. 89
1961	Mitra (Tiara) Dey
1964	Mitra (Tiara) Woodring p. 283
1967	Mitra (Tiara) Abbass p. 100
1973	Mitra (Tiara) Marasti p. 92
2002	Tiara Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Woodring W. P. (1928) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Dey A. K. (1961) The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India), Palaeontologica Indica 36

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

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

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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