Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a
taxonomic family
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of minute to medium-sized
predatory
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sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s.
This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family of miter shells however is
Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitridae Swainson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
, a closely related group.
The
monophyly
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of this family has been confirmed.
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).
Genera
Genera within the family Costellariidae include:
* ''
Alisimitra''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Atlantilux''
S.-I Huang, 2015
* ''
Austromitra''
Finlay, 1927
* ''
Ceratoxancus''
Kuroda, 1952
* ''
Costapex''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Latiromitra''
Locard, 1897
* ''
Mitromica''
S. S. Berry, 1958
* ''
Nodicostellaria''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Orphanopusia''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Protoelongata''
Herrmann, Stossier & R. Salisbury, 2014
* ''
Pusia''
Swainson, 1840 - It is either a distinct genus
or a subgenus of ''Vexillum''
* ''
Suluspira''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Thala''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
* ''
Thaluta''
Rosenberg & Callomon, 2003
* ''
Tosapusia''
Azuma, 1965
* ''
Turricostellaria''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Turriplicifer''
Fedosov, Marrow, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Vexillum
The ''vexillum'' (; plural ''vexilla'') was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Ancient Roman army.
Use in Roman army
The word ''vexillum'' is a derivative of the Latin word, ''velum'', meaning a sail, which co ...
'' Röding, 1798
- synonym: ''Turricula'' Fabricius, 1823 non Schumacher, 1817
synonyms:
* ''Costellaria''
Swainson, 1840:
synonym of ''
Vexillum
The ''vexillum'' (; plural ''vexilla'') was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Ancient Roman army.
Use in Roman army
The word ''vexillum'' is a derivative of the Latin word, ''velum'', meaning a sail, which co ...
''
Röding, 1798
* ''Pusiolina'' Cossmann, 1921 is a synonym of ''
Microvoluta''
[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]
* ''Turricula'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (not to be confounded with
Turricula Schumacher, 1817) : synonym of ''Vexillum'' Röding, 1798
* ''
Visaya
The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands ( Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; tl, Kabisayaan ), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the archipelago, i ...
''
Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006:
synonym of ''Suluspira''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Visaya'' Ahyong, 2004; ''Suluspira'' is a replacement name)
* ''Zierliana''
Gray, 1847:
synonym of ''Vexillum''
Röding, 1798
Ecology
carnivorous.
[Fedosov A. E. & Kantor Yu. I. (2010). " . volution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny. ''Ruthenica'' 20(2): 117-139]
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References
External links
Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626
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Gastropod families