Mitreola (gastropod)

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Mitreola is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Mitreola
Mitreola labratula Lamarck 1803
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Mitreola

Swainson, 1833
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Eneata
  • Mitra (Mitreola) Swainson, 1833
  • Mitreala (misspelling)

Species

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Species within the genus Mitreola include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Mitreola branderi (Defrance, 1824): synonym of † Eovoluta branderi (Defrance, 1824)
  • Mitreola chaussyensis (Cossmann, 1907): synonym of † Eovoluta branderi (Defrance, 1824)
  • Mitreola parisiensis (Deshayes, 1832): synonym of † Eovoluta branderi (Defrance, 1824)

Description

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These species were epifaunal carnivores.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mitreola Swainson, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2010.
  2. ^ The Paleobiology Database Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ The Paleobiology Database Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Merle & Pacaud & Marivaux, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography; Zootaxa, 3826 (1) : 101-138, fig. 1-12. , 2014
  5. ^ GBIF : Mitreola labratula
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