Overview
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Taxonomy
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The Subfamily Mitromorphinae is a member of the Family Turridae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Mitromorphinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Thiele, 1929
- Superfamily: Conoidea
(ko-NOY-dee-a)
Fleming, 1822
- Family: Turridae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838) - Turret Snails
- Subfamily: Mitromorphinae
- Family: Turridae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838) - Turret Snails
- Superfamily: Conoidea
(ko-NOY-dee-a)
Fleming, 1822
- Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Thiele, 1929
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Mitromorphinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Lovellona · Mitromorpha
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Mitromorphinae.
Genera
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Lovellona
Mitromorpha
At least 31 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Mitromorpha.
More info about the Genus Mitromorpha may be found here.
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