''Mitreola'' is a
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of fossil
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Volutidae, the volutes.
Species
Species within the genus ''Mitreola'' include:
* † ''
Mitreola brohii''
Merle & Pacaud & Marivaux, 2014
* † ''
Mitreola labratula''
Lamarck, 1803 (1 record from the
Eocene
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in the United Kingdom)
GBIF : Mitreola labratula
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* † '' Mitreola monodonta'' (Lamarck 1803) (synonym : ''Mitra monodonta'')
* † '' Mitreola salaputium'' T. A. Darragh 1989
;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
These species were epifaunal
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carnivores.
See also
* Mitreola (plant)
References
External links
Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). ''The Mitrinae of the World''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 281
Volutidae
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