Pyramimitridae, known as mitre shells, are a
taxonomic
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family
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, widely distributed
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the superfamily
Mitroidea
Mitroidea is a superfamily of Recent and fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the order Neogastropoda.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitroidea Swainson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Pyramimitridae Cossmann, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746699 on 2020-02-03]
Genera
Genera in the family Pyramimitridae include:
; Subfamily Mitristinae
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2025
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Mitrista''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2025
; Subfamily Pyramimitrinae
Cossmann, 1901
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Endiatoma''
Cossmann, 1896
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Hortia
''Hortia'' is a genus of plants in family Rutaceae
The Rutaceae () is a family (biology), family, commonly known as the rue ''
Lozouet, 1999
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Pyramimitra''
Conrad, 1865
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Teremitra''
Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
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Vaughanites
''Vaughanites'' is a genus of m predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramimitridae . MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vaughanites Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www ...
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Woodring, 1928
References
* Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2014) Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 3754(3): 239–276
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
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