Mitreola

Mitreola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Tribe: Lyriini
Genus: Mitreola
Swainson, 1833
Synonyms[1] [2]
  • Eneata
  • Mitreala (misspelling)

Mitreola is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

'MItreola' also refers to a genus of plants in the Loganiaceae plant family.

Species

Species within the genus Mitreola include: [3]

Description

These species were epifaunal carnivores.

References

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