Scientific name Costellariidae Higher classification Muricoidea | Superfamily Muricoidea Rank Family | |
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Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. 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.
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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).
Genera
Genera within the family Costellariidae include:
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Ecology
carnivorous.
References
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