Costellariidae

Costellariidae
Two shells of Vexillum consanguineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae J. D. MacDonald, 1860
Genera
See text
Diversity
about 320 recent species[1]
Synonyms
Vexillidae Thiele, 1929

Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.^[2] This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.

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).^{[1][clarification needed]}

Genera

Genera within the family Costellariidae include:

• Austromitra Finlay, 1927^[3]
• Costellaria Swainson, 1840^[1]
• Mitromica S. S. Berry, 1958^[1]
• Nodicostellaria Petuch, 1987^[1]
• Pusia Swainson, 1840 - It is either a distinct genus^[1] or a subgenus of Vexillum^[1]
• Thala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853^[1]
• Thaluta Rosenberg & Callomon, 2003^[1]
• Tosapusia Azuma, 1965^[1]
• Vexillum Röding, 1798^[1] - synonym: Turricula Fabricius, 1823 non Schumacher, 1817
• Visaya Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006^[1]
• Zierliana Gray, 1847^[1]

synonyms:

• Pusiolina Cossmann, 1921 is a synonym of Microvoluta^{[4][clarification needed]}
• Turricula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (not to be confounded with Turricula Schumacher, 1817) : synonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798

Ecology

carnivorous.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Fedosov A. E. & Kantor Yu. I. (2010). " . [Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny]". Ruthenica 20(2): 117-139. PDF
2. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2). 
3. ^ Robin, A. (2010). Austromitra Finlay, 1927. 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=410823 on 2010-12-25
4. ^ 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

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