Mitroidea Explained

Mitroidea is a superfamily of Recent and fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the order Neogastropoda.^[1]

Families

• Charitodoronidae Fedosov, Herrmann, Kantor & Bouchet, 2018
• Mitridae Swainson, 1831
• Pyramimitridae Cossmann, 1901

Family brought into synonymy:

• Pleioptygmatidae Quinn, 1989 synonym of Pleioptygmatinae Quinn, 1989 represented as Mitridae Swainson, 1831

References

• Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P., 2014. Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 3754(3): 239-276
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitroidea Swainson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055728 on 2018-03-04