Family MITRIDAE

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General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [841-842]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [255]

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.

Laseron, C. 1951. Notes on the New South Wales Mitras, with special reference to their protoconchs. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 335-343, text figs 1-11

Ponder, W.F. 1972. The morphology of some mitriform gastropods with special reference to their alimentary and reproductive systems (Neogastropoda). Malacologia 11(2): 295-342

Poppe, G.T., S.P. Tagaro & R. Salisbury 2009. New species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines with additional information on the Philippine species in these families. Visaya supplement 4: 1-86

Robin, A. & Martin, J-C. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris : Xenophora 34 pp., 32 plates.

Taylor, J.D 1993. Dietary and anatomical specialization of mitrid gastropods (Mitridae) at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp. 583-599 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 1.

Taylor, J.D. 1989. The diet of coral-reef Mitridae (Gastropoda) from Guam; with a review of other species of the family. Journal of Natural History 23(1): 261-278

West, T.L. 1991. Functional morphology of the proboscis of Mitra catalinae Dall, 1920 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Mitridae) and the evolution of the mitrid proboscis. Bulletin of Marine Science 48: 702-718

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [144]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2015	MITRIDAE	11-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		15-Nov-2011	(import)