Mitrella epacta Woodring 1964 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1964. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(C):241-297

Belongs to Mitrella according to W. P. Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Columbella (Mitrella) tenuilineata, Mitrela agenta, Mitrella (Atilia), Mitrella (Mitrella), Mitrella (Mitrella), Mitrella anchuela, Mitrella broderipi, Mitrella cantaurana, Mitrella debooyi, Mitrella edensis, Mitrella gardnerae, Mitrella gausapata, Mitrella guttata, Mitrella hayesorum, Mitrella hilberi, Mitrella limonensis, Mitrella mikra, Mitrella nanna, Mitrella oryzoides, Mitrella parva, Mitrella pedana, Mitrella phyllisae, Mitrella sima, Mitrella tuberosa

Type specimen: USNM 643632, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 18837, Barro Colorado Island (Oligocene of Panama)

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