Ribbed Miters

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]

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]
• 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

Ecology

carnivorous.^[1]

References