Family of sea snails
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.
The monophyly of this family has been confirmed.[3]
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:
- Alisimitra Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
- Atlantilux S.-I Huang, 2015
- Austromitra Finlay, 1927[4]
- Ceratoxancus Kuroda, 1952
- Costapex Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
- Latiromitra Locard, 1897
- Mitromica S. S. Berry, 1958[1]
- Nodicostellaria Petuch, 1987[1]
- Orphanopusia Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
- Protoelongata Herrmann, Stossier & R. Salisbury, 2014
- Pusia Swainson, 1840 - It is either a distinct genus[1] or a subgenus of Vexillum[1]
- Suluspira Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
- Thala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]
- Thaluta Rosenberg & Callomon, 2003[1]
- Tosapusia Azuma, 1965[1]
- Turricostellaria Petuch, 1987
- Turriplicifer Fedosov, Marrow, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
- Vexillum Röding, 1798[1] - synonym: Turricula Fabricius, 1823 non Schumacher, 1817
synonyms:
- Costellaria Swainson, 1840:[1] synonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798
- Pusiolina Cossmann, 1921 is a synonym of Microvoluta[5][clarification needed]
- Turricula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (not to be confounded with Turricula Schumacher, 1817) : synonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798
- Visaya Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006:[1] synonym of Suluspira Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 (invalid: junior homonym of Visaya Ahyong, 2004; Suluspira is a replacement name)
- Zierliana Gray, 1847:[1] synonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798