Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Mitroidea > Family Mitridae > Subfamily Mitrinae > Genus Episcomitra

Episcomitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Voluta Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Episcomitra*	Monterosato, 1917	accepted genus name
*Mitra (Episcomitra)*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym

Species group names

*Mitra striata*	Brusina, 1865	junior homonym
*Mitra corniculum*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Mitra (Mitra) cornicula*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Mitra buccinoidea*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitra cornea var. minor*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Mitra cornicula*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Mitra cornicula var. glandina*	Pallary, 1903	synonym
*Mitra cornicularis*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Mitra corniculum var. brusinae*	Kobelt, 1901	synonym
*Mitra corniculum var. contraria*	Brusina, 1866	synonym
*Mitra corniculum var. nigra*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Mitra glabra*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitra graja*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Mitra inflata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitra insolata*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1874	synonym
*Mitra lactea*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Mitra laevigata*	Bosc, 1801	synonym
*Mitra lutescens*	Lamarck, 1811	synonym
*Mitra media*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitra nitens*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitra nitida*	A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Mitra obtusa*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Mitra philippiana*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Mitra simplex*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1874	synonym
*Mitra spongiarum*	Menke, 1829	synonym
*Voluta laevigata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Voluta schroeteri*	Link, 1807	synonym

Literature

new combination reference	Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Episcomitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060398

Image

Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

annex IV

IUCN:
Red List status CR 2006 This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources