Pyramimitridae Explained

Pyramimitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Mitroidea.^[1]

Genera

Genera in the family Pyramimitridae include:

• †Endiatoma Cossmann, 1896
• Hortia Lozouet, 1999
• † Pyramimitra Conrad, 1865
• Teremitra Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
• Vaughanites Woodring, 1928

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 (2020). MolluscaBase. Pyramimitridae Cossmann, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746699 on 2020-02-03