Mitroidea | |
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Shell of Hortia paradrillia (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Mitroidea Swainson, 1831 |
Families | |
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Mitroidea is a superfamily of Recent and fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the order Neogastropoda. [1]
Neogastropoda is a clade of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs.
Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered by one authority to contain 4,000 named living species.
Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Olivellinae, common name the "dwarf olives", are a subfamily of small predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells. The shells sometimes show muted but attractive colors, and may have some patterning.
Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.
Cancilla larranagai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Strigatella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.
Pterygia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitroidea.
Nebularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the family of Mitridae. This name was originally proposed as a subgenus of the genus Mitra. The type species of this genus is Nebularia contractaSwainson, 1820.
Imbricariopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.
Charitodoronidae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Condylomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.
Carinomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.
Cancillopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Domiporta latistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Fusidomiporta ponderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Strigatella ambigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Mitrinae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic subfamily of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the family Mitridae.