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 zonata (Marryat, 1819)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mitra Albers, 1850

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Mitra (Mitra) fusiformis zonata*	Marryat, 1819	synonym
*Mitra antiquata*	Kobelt, 1874	synonym
*Mitra santangeli*	Maravigna, 1840	synonym
*Mitra zonata var. concolor*	Coen, 1934	synonym
*Mitra zonata var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Mitra zonata var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Mitra zonata var. protracta*	Pallary, 1900	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: zoned miter; zoned mitra shell; zoned mitre sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Breitgebänderte Mitra; Kronenschnecke

Literature

additional source	Vayssière, A. (1901). Étude zoologique et anatomique de la Mitra zonata, Marryatt. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49: 77-95, pl. 3.
additional source	Mifsud C. (1993). A proposito di esemplari giovanili: Una nota su Mitra zonata Marryat, 1818. La Conchiglia 267: 4-5
additional source	Vatova A. (1943). Sulla Mitra zonata Marryat e sulla sua distribuzione geografica nel Mediterraneo. Thalassia. 5(8): 1-15, 2 pl.
new combination reference	Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023-1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935].
status source	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 zonata (Marryat, 1819). 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:1060402