The Mitridae Family includes 426 species comprising 7 subfamilies (Mitrinae (15 genus), Imbricariinae (6), Isarinae (2), ...)
and 34 genus (Strigatella (37 species), Scabricola (35), Imbricaria (34), ...)
Phylum :MolluscaClass :GastropodaSubclass :CaenogastropodaOrder :NeogastropodaSuperfamily :MitroideaFamily :Mitridae
Common name : mitres
Aspect : shell generally elongated with more or less high turn, high and narrow siphonal opening. Characteristic presence of 3 to 5 folds on the columellar border.
Feeding : use their long retractable trunk to feed on worms and bivalves, some species have a venom gland
Environment : sink into the sand, 85% of the species in the tidal zone, the others in shallow waters
Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771) (Subfamily Mitrinae)
Domiporta granatina (Lamarck, 1811) (Subfamily Mitrinae)
Mitra mitra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Mitrinae)
Mitra papalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Mitrinae)
Mitra stictica (Link, 1807) (Subfamily Mitrinae)
Pseudonebularia cucumerina (Lamarck, 1811) (Subfamily Mitrinae)
Pterygia nucea (Gmelin, 1791) (Subfamily Cylindromitrinae)
Scabricola geigeri Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009 (Subfamily Imbricariinae)
Scabricola geigeri Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009 (Subfamily Imbricariinae)
Strigatella ambigua (Swainson, 1829) (Subfamily Strigatellinae)
Strigatella litterata (Lamarck, 1811) (Subfamily Strigatellinae)
Strigatella pica (Dillwyn, 1817) (Subfamily Strigatellinae)
Total collection for Mitridae : 11 species (51 shells in total)
