Pyramimitridae

Pyramimitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Mitroidea.

Genera

Genera in the family Pyramimitridae include:

• Mitrista <small>S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin & C.-L. Chen, 2025</small>

• †Endiatoma <small>Cossmann, 1896</small>
• Hortia <small>Lozouet, 1999</small>
• † Pyramimitra <small>Conrad, 1865</small>
• Teremitra <small>Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014</small>
• Vaughanites <small>Woodring, 1928</small>

References

• 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
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526