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Mitra (Nebularia)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Nebularia Swainson
1960Mitra (Nebularia) MacNeil p. 92
1977Mitra (Nebularia) Ladd p. 60
1982Mitra (Nebularia) Ladd p. 53
2001Mitra (Nebularia) Todd
2002Nebularia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
genusMitra
subgenusNebularia(Swainson 1840)

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.

Subg. Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Nebularia subscrobiculata (179086)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Mitra turgida (77975 77984 77985)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Guam Mitra aurantia (77938)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Palau Mitra turgida (77930)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Mitra sp. (135816 135821 135822)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Mitra limosa (46490)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Mitra crassicostata (77937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) Mitra chrysostoma (42349)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Mitra coronata (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Mitra hanleyana (42305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Mitra contracta (78043)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Mitra fraga (43334)