Costellariidae

Updated on Dec 30, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Costellariidae Higher classification Muricoidea		Superfamily Muricoidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Family

Lower classifications Vexillum, Vexillum obeliscus, Vexillum crocatum, Vexillum curviliratum, Vexillum virgo

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.

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Latiromitra (from family Ptychatractidae) has been found to be closely related to Costellariidae in the molecular phylogeny analysis by Fedosov & Kantor (2010).