Costellariidae
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | Costellariidae | |
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| Two shells of Vexillum consanguineum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae J. D. MacDonald, 1860 |
| Genera | |
See text | |
Diversity[1] | |
about 320 recent species | |
Synonyms | |
Vexillidae Thiele, 1929 | |
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.[2] 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.
Contents
1 Taxonomy
2 Genera
3 Ecology
4 References
5 External links
Taxonomy
This family was previously sometimes known as Vexillidae.
Latiromitra (from family Ptychatractidae) has been found to be closely related to Costellariidae in the molecular phylogeny analysis by Fedosov & Kantor (2010).[1][clarification needed]
Genera
Genera within the family Costellariidae include:
Austromitra Finlay, 1927[3]
Costellaria Swainson, 1840[1]
Mitromica S. S. Berry, 1958[1]
Nodicostellaria Petuch, 1987[1]
Pusia Swainson, 1840 - It is either a distinct genus[1] or a subgenus of Vexillum[1]
Thala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]
Thaluta Rosenberg & Callomon, 2003[1]
Tosapusia Azuma, 1965[1]
Vexillum Röding, 1798[1] - synonym: Turricula Fabricius, 1823 non Schumacher, 1817
Visaya Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006[1]
Zierliana Gray, 1847[1]
synonyms:
Pusiolina Cossmann, 1921 is a synonym of Microvoluta[4][clarification needed]
Turricula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (not to be confounded with Turricula Schumacher, 1817) : synonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798
Ecology
carnivorous.[1]
References
^ abcdefghijklmn Fedosov A. E. & Kantor Yu. I. (2010). " . [Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny]". Ruthenica 20(2): 117-139. PDF
^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1-2).
^ Robin, A. (2010). Austromitra Finlay, 1927. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410823 on 2010-12-25
^ WoRMS (2010). Pusiolina Cossmann, 1921. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450524 on 2010-12-25
External links
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