Costellariidae

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.

Costellariidae
Two shells of Vexillum consanguineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
MacDonald, 1860
Diversity[1]
about 320 recent species
Synonyms
  • Pusiinae Habe, 1961
  • Vexillidae Thiele, 1929

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:

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
  1. 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. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philippe_Bouchet/publication/314238701_Phylogeny_systematics_and_evolution_of_the_family_Costellariidae_Gastropoda_Neogastropoda/links/5a0a5e1245851551b78d38cd/Phylogeny-systematics-and-evolution-of-the-family-Costellariidae-Gastropoda-Neogastropoda.pdf Fedosov, Alexander E., et al., Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda); Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2017, 179, 541–626]
  4. 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
  5. 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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