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Mitra
A drawing of a live individual of Mitra mitra showing its long proboscis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Mitroidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Mitra

Lamarck, 1798
Type species
Voluta mitra Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • † Fusimitra Conrad, 1855
  • Mitra (Fusimitra) Conrad, 1855
  • Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
  • Mitra (Papalaria) Dall, 1915
  • Mitra (Probata) Sarasúa, 1989· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mitra (Sohlia) Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Tiarella Swainson, 1840

Mitra is a large genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails.[1]

This genus is named after the ecclesiastical headgear, the miter, because of the shells' general shape.

These sea snails create shells that are considered attractive by shell collectors; the shells are solid, high-spired and are often colorful.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Mitra:[2]

Subgenus Dibaphimitra Cernohorsky, 1970
Subgenus Dibaphus Philippi, 1847
Subgenus Fusimitra Conrad, 1855
Subgenus Mitra Lamarck, 1798
Subgenus Nebularia Swainson, 1840
Subgenus Sohlia Cernohorsky, 1970
Subgenus Strigatella Swainson, 1840

Species in this genus also include:[6][7]

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :[8]

Subgenus Mitra
Subgenus Nebularia

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Mitra Lamarck, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138180 on 2014-11-09
  2. ^ WoRMS : Mitra
  3. ^ Malacolog : Mitra lenhilli
  4. ^ Malacolog : Mitra leonardi
  5. ^ Huang, S.-I. (2011). "Calcimitra, a new genus of deep-water Mitridae (Gastropoda: Mitridae) with the description of five new species from Taiwan and the Philippines". Visaya. 3 (4): 88–97.
  6. ^ "Mitra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  7. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  8. ^ OBIS : Mitra
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