General References

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

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

History of changes

• Calcimitra Huang, S.-I. 2011. Calcimitra, a new genus of deep-water Mitridae (Gastropoda: Mitridae) with the description of five new species from Taiwan and the Philippines. Visaya 3: 88-97.

  Type species:

   Calcimitra kingstio Huang, 2011 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Mitra (Mitra) glaphyria Turner, H. 2001. Four new large Mitra species from the Indo-Pacific. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 1/2 129: 7-23 [12, figs 13-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype 321177, off NW Australia, between Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef.

Generic Combinations

• Calcimitra glaphyria (Turner, 2001). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, mud-silt, sand.

General References

Turner, H. 2001. Four new large Mitra species from the Indo-Pacific. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 1/2 129: 7-23 [12]

History of changes

• Mitra hilli Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius copperingi (Smith). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 13: 111-129 [111, figs 1-5].

  Type data:

   Holotype TM-1344, 26-29 km N of Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Calcimitra hilli (Cernohorsky, 1976). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [96]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [7]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146, pl. 31, fig. 14]

History of changes

• Fusidomiporta Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337.

  Type species:

   Fusidomiporta ponderi Fedosov, Herrmann, Kantor & Bouchet, 2018 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

History of changes

• Mitra suturata Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 34, fig. 282].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1967890, Gindulman, Bohol Is., Philippine Ils.
• Mitra sibogae Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247-364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49. [269, pl. 18, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA, Arafura Sea, [Indonesia] 204m [holotype] [5°28'S, 132°02'E].

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) suturata Reeve, 1845. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]
• Fusidomiporta suturata (Reeve, 1845). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Clay, continental slope, marine, mud-silt, rubble, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

On coral-rubble, mud, sand or clay substrates

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [416, pl. 360]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]

History of changes

• Gemmulimitra Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337.

  Type species:

   Gemmulimitra neocaledonica Fedosov, Herrmann, Kantor & Bouchet, 2018 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Mitra avenacea Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 31, fig. 247].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1966712, Burias Island, Philippines.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528.
• Mitra hanleyi Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. Mongraph of the genus Mitra. 1-46, pls 352-379 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4. [12, pl. 28, fig. 661].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1900.3.9.34, "China Seas".
• Mitra indentata Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. Mongraph of the genus Mitra. 1-46, pls 352-379 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4. [13, pl. 20, fig. 412].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1879.2.26.127.

Generic Combinations

• Gemmulimitra avenacea (Reeve, 1845). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under hard substrates near sand

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [411]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [98]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [297]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 246, pl. 31, fig. 246]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [148]

History of changes

• Mitra duplilirata Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 29, sp. 229].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1967751, Observatory I., Linapacan Strait, Palawan, Philippines (by subsequent designation - C'horsky, 1991).
• Mitra (Cancilla) lalage Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [419, pl. 23, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1901.12.9.151, Muscat, Gulf of Oman, 10 fms.
• Mitra (Scabricula) juttinga (sic.) Koperberg, E.J. 1931. Jungtertiäre und Quartäre Mollusken von Timor. Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen in Nederlandsch-Indië, Verhandlingen 1930(1): 1-165, pls1-3 [73, pl. 2, fig. 21].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Toi Oesapi, Soka, Timor, Indonesia (Pliocene).
• Mitra (Cancilla?) astenostomoides Nomura, S. 1935. Catalogue of the Tertiary and Quaternary mollusca from Island of Taiwan (Formosa), in the Institute of Geology and Paleontology. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University, 2nd series (Geology) 18(2): 53-228 [140, pl. 7, figs 22a-b, 23a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype SE of Keiyukwa, Byoritzu beds, Taiwan (Pliocene).

Generic Combinations

• "Ziba" duplilirata (Reeve, 1845). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [157]
• Gemmulimitra duplilirata (Reeve, 1845). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-Pacific; North West Shelf, WA to Mackay, QLD

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [104]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [65, pl. 60]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [157, text fig.]

History of changes

• Mitra rubiginosa Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 10, fig. 68].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967866, Ticao Island, Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) rubiginosa Reeve, 1844. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]
• Gemmulimitra rubiginosa (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks and near crevices

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [423]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [98]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [198]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]

History of changes

• Mitra Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1798. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Régnes de la Nature. Paris : Agasse Vol. 3 pls 287-390. [pl. 369] [placed on the Official List by Opinion 885 (1969)].

  Type species:

   Voluta mitra Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation (by tautonymy).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Aceh, Anaa (Chain), Andaman and Nicobar, Andaman Islands, Arafura Sea (Australia), Bismark Archipelago, Bohol, Capul Island, Caroline Islands, Cebu, Central and East Indian Ocean, China, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, Coral Sea, East Africa, Easter Island Group, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, Galapagos Islands, Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier), Gilbert Islands, Glorioso Islands (Iles Glorieuses), Gotoretto, Guam, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Oman, Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands), Ile du Lys, India, India (E), India (W), Indo-Arabia, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Indonesia (W), Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea), Israel, Japan, Kermadec Islands, Line Islands, Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute), Madagascar, Malaysia (W), Mariana Islands, Marquesas (Iles Marquises), Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Midway Islands (Midway), Mindanao, Moluccas, Myanmar (Burma), New Britain, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Niue, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Oceania, Osumi-shoto, Pakistan, Palawan, Panglao Island, Papua New Guinea, Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf), Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Island, Polynesia, Red Sea, Reunion, Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto), Samoan Islands, Seychelles, Society Islands (Iles de la Société), Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Africa (Cape marine Province), South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulu Archipelago, Tabiteuea, Tahuata, Taiwan, Thailand, Thailand (E), Thailand (W), Tonga, Tropical Indo-West Pacific, Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu), Tuvalu (Ellice Islands), Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Pacific, Xisha Qundao (Spratley Islands).

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

History of changes

• Voluta mitra Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [732].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Indonesia: Moluccas: Ceram [= Seram] Island.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528.
• Mitra carmelita Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [136] [replacement name; for Voluta episcopalis Gmelin, 1791].

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Mitra) mitra (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Voluta mitra episcopalis Linnaeus, 1758 [name suppressed by ICZN (1969) Opinion 885]. —
  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [732]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific recorded from Coral Sea region 18 AMS C.069165

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, infaunal, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [307, pl. 259]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [293]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [8]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146, pl. 31, figs 22a-b]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [178, pl. 25, fig. 11] (Orange-spotted Or Giant Mitre)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [156, pl. 157] (Episcopal Mitre)

History of changes

• Voluta mitra papalis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [732].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Indonesia: Moluccas: Ceram [= Seram] Island.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [309].

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Mitra) papalis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rubble, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [308, pl. 260]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [296]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 9, pl. 2, fig. 9]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146, pl. 21, figs 23a-b]

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [158, pl. 159] (Papal Mitre)

History of changes

• Voluta stictica Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [127].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Indonesia: Java: "Batavia" [= Jakarta].
• Mitra abbatis Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 39, figs 2-3].
• Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [198].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MHNG.
• Voluta thiara Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [561].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Madagascar.
• Mitra pontificalis confluens Dautzenberg, P. 1935. Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2(17): 1-208 [55, pl. 2, fig. 9] [as Mitra pontificalis var. confluens Dautzenberg, 1935].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, fig. 24]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; also Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) AMS C.147360

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [309, pl. 262]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [296]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [9]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, fig. 24]

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [158, pl. 159] (Pontifical Mitre)

History of changes

• Mitra turgida Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 33, fig. 273].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967901, Island of Capul, Philippines.
• Mitra ericea Pease, W.H. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands, Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 141–148 [146].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1961161-62, Sandwich Islands [= Hawaiian Islands].

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) turgida Reeve, 1845. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [151]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and Central Pacific Also Coral Sea: region 18 (C.326076). Lord Howe Island (C.088289)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral and in crevices of porous corals

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [409]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [302]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [21]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [151, pl. 32, fig. 8]

History of changes

• Profundimitra Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337.

  Type species:

   Profundimitra taylori Fedosov, Herrmann, Kantor & Bouchet, 2018 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Mitra abyssicola Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247-364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49. [272, pl. 19, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA, E of Halmahera Sea, [Moluccas], Indonesia, in 411 m. [0°59.1'S, 129°48.8'E].
• Mitra osapiensis Koperberg, E.J. 1931. Jungtertiäre und Quartäre Mollusken von Timor. Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen in Nederlandsch-Indië, Verhandlingen 1930(1): 1-165, pls1-3 [75, pl. 2, fig. 23].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Niki Niki and Toi Oesapi Soka, Timor, Indonesia (Pliocence).

Generic Combinations

• Ziba abyssicola (Schepman, 1911). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [157]
• Profundimitra abyssicola (Schepman, 1911). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental rise, continental slope, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Generally deeper than 200 m to 1340 m

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [64, pl. 58]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [157]

History of changes

• Pseudonebularia Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337 [298].

  Type species:

   Mitra tornata Reeve, 1845 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

History of changes

• Mitra atjehensis Oostingh, C.H. 1939. Die Mollusken des Pliocaens von Sued-Bantam in Java. Publications of the Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië. Geological Magazine 6(12): 163-187, pls 14-16 [45, pl. 11, fig. 197].

  Type data:

   Holotype North atjeh, Goentji, Sawang, Sumatra, Indonesia, Pliocene.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudonebularia atjehensis (Oostingh, 1939). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, rubble, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [414, pl. 357]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [98]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, text fig.]

History of changes

• Mitra chrysalis Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 25, fig. 200].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Pombo I., Haruku Straits, E of Ambon, Indonesia.
• Mitra caledonica Récluz, C.A. 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles (Genres Turbo, Triton et Mitra). Journal de Conchyliologie 4: 245-249 [248, pl. 7, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN "Journal de Conchyliologie" coll., New Caledonia.
• Mitra (Chrysame) buryi Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1899. Notes on a third collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of three new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3(4): 220-229 [222, text fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1899.2.18.2-4, Andaman Islands [India].

Generic Combinations

• Pseudonebularia chrysalis (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and central Pacific; also Lord Howe Island (AMS C.300150)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral rocks and in crevices

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [402, pl. 341]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [13]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [148, pl. 32, fig. 5]

History of changes

• Mitra cucumerina Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [215].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG 1102/76/2, Ambon Island, Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [401].
• Voluta turricula Holten, H.S. 1802. Enumeratio Systematica Conchyliae Beat. J.H. Chemnitz. Copenhagen : K.H. Scidelini 88 pp. [46] [type material lost?, nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, [ex Chemnitz].
• Voluta ferrugata Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [535].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, [ex Chemnitz].
• Mitreola globosa Mörch, O.A.L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit d. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, regis daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis caroli Tertii eques. Part 1. Cephalophora. Copenhagen : Hafinae Vol. 1 170 pp. [83].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, [ex Chemnitz].

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina Lamarck, 1811. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [148]
• Pseudonebularia cucumerina (Lamarck, 1811). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Coral Sea: region 16 (AMS C.373625); region 18 (AMS C.326078); Lord Howe Island (C.059644)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral and in crevices

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [400, pl. 339]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [299]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 201]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [17]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [148, pl. 32, figs 9a-b]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [181, fig. 10] (for Chrysame cucumerina) (Cucumber Mitre)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [142, pl. 425] (Strawberry Mitre)

History of changes

• Mitra doliolum Kiener, L.C. 1839. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rosseau Vol. 5. [96, pl. 17, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Taganak Island [Sulu Sea, Philippines].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528.
• Mitra rotundilirata Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 23, fig. 178].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967863.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudonebularia doliolum (Küster, 1839). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, north QLD; only one Australian record (AMS C.450046), in Australian Museum collection.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Nestling in crevices and under coral rocks

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [413, pl. 355]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [17]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149]

History of changes

• Mitra fraga Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 2 pp. 321-686. [660, pl. 45, figs 28-29].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, Masbate Island, Philippine Islands.

  Type locality references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [405].
• Mitra miniata Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [67].
• Mitra peregra Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 24, fig. 186].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967835, Island of Masbate, Philippiines.
• Mitra tornata Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 33, fig. 269].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967897, Islands of Guimaras, Philippines.
• Mitra cingulata Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of fifty-two new species of the Genus Mitra, from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 132-141 [136].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967721.
• Mitra rubiginea Adams, A. 1855. Description of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854(22): 130-138, pl. 28 [134].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967865, Australia.
• Mitra (Nebularia) williamsi Newcomb, W. 1870. Descriptions of new species of Marine Mollusca. American Journal of Conchology 5(3): 163-164 [163, pl. 17, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippines or Guam?.
• Mitra carinilirata Souverbie, M. 1871. Descriptions d'espèces provenant de l'Archipel Nouvelle-Calèdonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 19: 334-335 [335].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN "Journal de Conchyliologie" coll., Isle Art, New Caledonia.
• Mitra (Chrysame) idjowensis Oostingh, C.H. 1939. Die Mollusken des Pliocaens von Sued-Bantam in Java. Publications of the Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië. Geological Magazine 6(12): 163-187, pls 14-16 [44, pl. 11, figs 195a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype Tjiidjow, Bantam, Java [Indonesia]; (Pliocene).
• Mitra (Chrysame) subidjowensis Oostingh, C.H. 1939. Die Mollusken des Pliocaens von Sued-Bantam in Java. Publications of the Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië. Geological Magazine 6(12): 163-187, pls 14-16 [45, pl. 11, figs 196a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype Tjiidjow, Bantam, Java, Pliocene.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) fraga Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149]
• Pseudonebularia fraga (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and Central Pacific; also Coral Sea: Osprey Reef (region 20) AMS C.374490; Saumarez Reef (region 18) AMS C.374502

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [404, pl. 342]

DeVantier, L., Williamson, D. & Willan, R. 2010. Nearshore Marine Biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast, South-East Queensland: Inventory of molluscs, corals and fishes. Baseline Survey Report to the Noosa Integrated Catchment Association. 107 pp. [63] (record from southern QLD)

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [300]

Turner, H. 2007. Six new species of Mitridae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with remarks on Mitra abacophora Melvill, 1888 (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Contributions to Natural History, Bern 10: 1–39 [figs 20-21]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149, pl. 32, figs 2a-b]

History of changes

• Mitra proscissa Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 22, fig. 177].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967847, Bombay, India.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528.
• Mitra porcata Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 24, fig. 188].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967843.
• Mitra (Chrysame) proscissa minor Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(1): 83-159 [130] [as Mitra (Chrysame) proscissa var. minor Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Isle des Pins, New Caledonia and Lifu, Loyalty Islands.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) proscissa Reeve, 1844. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149]
• Pseudonebularia proscissa (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Also NT (AMS C.375272)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

On reefs, sometimes in muddy localities, under rocks and coral

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [406, pl. 346]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 177, pl. 22, fig. 177]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149, pl. 32, figs 19a-b]

History of changes

• Mitra rubritincta Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 19, fig. 147].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967868, Ticao Island, Phillipine Islands.
• Mitra lienardi Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. Mongraph of the genus Mitra. 1-46, pls 352-379 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4. [12, pl. 14, fig. 239].

  Type data:

   Holotype 28725 ex-Sowerby coll., "Mauritius" (no locality given in original description).

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) rubritincta Reeve, 1844. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]
• Pseudonebularia rubritincta (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and Central Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

In crevices and under coral

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [399, pl. 337]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [302]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150, pl. 32, fig. 20]

History of changes

• Mitra tabanula Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [222].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG 1102/85/1, Marudu Bay, North Borneo [= Sabah, East Malaysia].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528.
• Mitra pediculus Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [222].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG 1108/14, Indian Ocean.
• Mitra sulcata Menke, K.T. 1829. Verzeichniss der ansehnlischen Conchylien-Sammlung der Freiherrn von der Malsburg. Pyrmonti : Publisher not known pp. i–vi, 1–123. [84].
• Mitra trunculus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. Mongraph of the genus Mitra. 1-46, pls 352-379 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4. [23, pl. 17, fig. 319].
• Mitra palawanensis Bartsch, P. 1918. New marine mollusks from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 31: 181-188 [182].

  Type data:

   Holotype 219051, Brooke's Point, Palawan, Philippine Is.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) tabanula Lamarck, 1811.
• Pseudonebularia tabanula (Lamarck, 1811). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Also Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.374536)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral rocks or in crevices of coral

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [408, pl. 348]

DeVantier, L., Williamson, D. & Willan, R. 2010. Nearshore Marine Biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast, South-East Queensland: Inventory of molluscs, corals and fishes. Baseline Survey Report to the Noosa Integrated Catchment Association. 107 pp. [63] (southern QLD record)

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 39, fig. 332]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [20]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150, pl. 32, fig. 4]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [143, pl. 429] (Little Tavern Mitre)

History of changes

• Quasimitra Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337.

  Type species:

   Mitra sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1811 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

History of changes

• Voluta cardinalis Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3458].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Mitra monachialis Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [136].
• Mitra archiepiscopalis Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [199].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1102/45.
• Mitra vermiculosa Dautzenberg, P. 1935. Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2(17): 1-208 [56].

Generic Combinations

• Quasimitra cardinalis (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and central Pacific Coral Sea region 18 AMS C.324784

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [312, pl. 264]

Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [6]

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 (evidence of sipunculan diet)

Turner, H. 2007. Six new species of Mitridae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with remarks on Mitra abacophora Melvill, 1888 (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Contributions to Natural History, Bern 10: 1–39 [9, 10, fig. 10]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [145, pl. 31, figs 1a-b]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [180, pl. 26, fig. 15] (Cardinal Mitre)

History of changes

• Mitra fulgurita Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 9, fig. 61].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1967764, Laminusa, Siasi, Philippine Islands (by subsequent designation, Cernohorsky, 1976: p.357).
• Mitra nympha Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 31, fig. 249].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1967824.
• Mitra filius Melvill, J.C. 1925. Descriptions of nine new species of Mitridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16: 215-219 [215, pl. 10, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype 196580.
• Nebularia yaekoae Habe, T. & Kosuge, S. 1966. New genera and species of the tropical and subtropical Pacific molluscs. Venus 24(4): 312-341 [319, 333, pl. 29, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Phillippines.

Generic Combinations

• Quasimitra fulgurita (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [356, pl. 311]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [145, pl. 31, fig. 15]

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Quasimitra nubila (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [313]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Voluta nubila Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3450].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Mitra versicolor Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [199].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MHNG.
• Mitra nivosa Swainson, W. 1822. A Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Shells, which formed the Celebrated Collection of the late Mrs Bligh. With an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : Publisher unknown 78 pp. [16].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, coasts of New Holland and Pacific Ocean Islands.
• Mitra nebulosa Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 1, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Madagascar; Anaa Is.
• Mitra propinqua Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima from the Cummingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 267-272 [270].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1967846.
• Mitra erronea Dohrn, H. von 1861. Zur Kenntnis von Mitra. Malakozoologische Blätter 8 [134].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Indian Ocean; New Holland; Madagascar; Anaa Is.
• Mitra brettinghami Smith, E.A. 1906. Notes on some species of Mitridae, with the description of M. brettinghami, n. sp. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 124-125 [124].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967937.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Mitra) nubila (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146]
• Quasimitra nubila nubila (Gmelin, 1791).

Introduction

Wilson (1993) records this species from Darwin, probably based on the single specimen of this species in the Australian Museum collection, labelled 'collected in Darwin in 1870'. In the absence of later records, this record can be regarded as erroneous.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Shows a preference for clean and usually coarse coral sand

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [313, pl. 267]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [146, pl. 31, figs 21a-b]

History of changes

• Mitra puncticulata Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1102/43, Indian Ocean.
• Mitra diadema Swainson, W. 1822. Zoological Illustrations; or Original Figures and Descriptions of new, rare, or interesting Animals, selected chiefly from the classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. Series 1. London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy Vol. 3 pls 84-134. [9].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149]
• Quasimitra puncticulata (Lamarck, 1811). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, stones, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [447, pl. 396]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [149, pl. 31, fig. 13, pl. 32, figs 1a-c]

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [158, pl. 159] (Punctured Mitre)

History of changes

• Mitra solida Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 3, fig. 18].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Middle Head, Port Jackson, New South Wales.

  Type locality references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [328].
• Vicimitra prosphora Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337-352, pls 37-38 [343, pl. 38, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57846 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0'S,151°13'58.8'E].

Generic Combinations

• Quasimitra solida (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, shelly-bottom, subtidal.

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2003. Mitra solida Reeve, 1844. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Mitridae/Pages/Mitra_solida.htm

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [327, pl. 280]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 18, pl. 3, fig. 18]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, fig. 8]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [275, pl. 753] (Solid Mitre)

History of changes

• Mitra sophiae Crosse, H. 1862. Diagnose d'une Mitre nouvelle. Journal de Conchyliologie 10: 253-255 [253].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1902.5.28.69, New Caledonia.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) sophiae Crosse, 1862. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]
• Quasimitra sophiae (Crosse, 1862). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

South-western Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rubble, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Nn reefs, under coral or on coral-rubble substrate

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [449, pl. 396]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150, pl. 32, fig. 18]

History of changes

• Mitra variabilis Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 13, fig. 95].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967905, Torres Strait, [Queensland] northeastern Australia.
• Mitra cylindracea Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 13, fig. 97].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967738.
• Mitra peasei Dohrn, H. von 1860. Description of new species of Mitra from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860(28): 366-368 [366].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967832, Australia.
• Mitra polymorpha Tomlin, J.R. le B. 1920. On certain of Link's names in the Mitridae. Nautilus 33: 133-134 [134].

Generic Combinations

• Quasimitra variabilis (Reeve, 1844). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2003. Family Mitridae - Coverage. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Mitridae/Pages/Mitridae_coverage.htm

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [340, pl. 296]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 95, pl. 13, fig. 95]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [147, pl. 31, figs 2a-b]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [209, pl. 587] (Variable Mitre)

History of changes

• Roseomitra Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337 [293].

  Type species:

   Mitra millepunctata Sowerby III, 1889 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Mitra rosacea Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 38, sp. 321].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967861, Island of Corregidor, Philippines.
• Mitra incarnata Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 36, sp. 299].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1967779, Cagayan, Prov. of Misamis, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 5-20 fms.
• Mitra reticulata Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of fifty-two new species of the Genus Mitra, from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 132-141 [136].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 196730, Port Essington, N. Australia, 7 fathoms.
• Mitra hirasei Pilsbry, H.A. 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 56: 3-37, pls 1-6 [12, pl. 3, figs 21-21a].

  Type data:

   Holotype Hirado, Hizen, Japan.

Generic Combinations

• Mitra (Nebularia) rosacea Reeve, 1845. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150]
• Roseomitra rosacea (Reeve, 1845). —
  Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, M. Dgebuadze, P., Modica, M.V. & Bouchet, P. 2018. The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 253-337

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [422, pl. 368]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [97]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [16] (Extends known distribution west to Glorioso Islands, Indian Ocean)

DeVantier, L., Williamson, D. & Willan, R. 2010. Nearshore Marine Biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast, South-East Queensland: Inventory of molluscs, corals and fishes. Baseline Survey Report to the Noosa Integrated Catchment Association. 107 pp. [63] (record from southern QLD)

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 321, pl. 38, fig. 321]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [150, pl. 32, figs 6a-b, pl. 34, fig. 13]

History of changes