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Teremitra

Teremitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramimitridae, the mitre snails.

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Aug 8, 2026
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Teremitra
Shell of Teremitra fallax (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pyramimitridae
Genus: Teremitra
Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
Type species
Terebra efatensis
Aubry, 1999
Species

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Teremitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramimitridae, the mitre snails.1

Species

Species within the genus Teremitra include:

References

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Teremitra Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746708 on 2020-02-03
  • Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2014) Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 3754(3): 239–276