Kantor, Yuri;Lozouet, Pierre;Puillandre, Nicolas;Bouchet, Philippe
Pyramimitridae
Sign in to savePyramimitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Mitroidea.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyPyramimitridae
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- Nouvelle-Caledonie
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Pyramimitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Mitroidea.
==Genera== Genera in the family Pyramimitridae include: Subfamily Mitristinae S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2025 Mitrista S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2025 Subfamily Pyramimitrinae Cossmann, 1901 †Endiatoma Cossmann, 1896 Hortia Lozouet, 1999 † Pyramimitra Conrad, 1865 Teremitra Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014 Vaughanites Woodring, 1928
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