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Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Sorbeoconcha.
Both the Latin name and the common name are taken from the item of ecclesiastical headgear, the mitre or miter, used in reference to the shape of the shells.
Dsitribution
The miters are found in most warm and temperate seas.
Shell description
Shells of the Mitridae resemble shells of the Volutidae in having columellar plaits, but mitres are generally smaller, narrower and often more solid. All mitres studied have a poison gland, and no operculum.
Genera
- Austromitra Finlay, 1927
- Mitra Roding, 1798
- Subcancilla Olsson and Harbison, 1953
References
- "Mitridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1