Episcomitra

Episcomitra
Shell of Episcomitra cornicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Mitroidea
Family:	Mitridae
Subfamily:	Mitrinae
Genus:	Episcomitra Monterosato, 1917
Type species
Mitra zonata Marryat, 1819
Species
See text
Synonyms
Mitra (Episcomitra) Monterosato, 1917

Episcomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.

Species

Species within the genus Episcomitra include:

• Episcomitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Episcomitra zonata (Marryat, 1818)

References

• Monterosato T.A. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana. ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1

External links

• Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio 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(2): 253-337