Costellariidae
Introduction '''Costellariidae''' sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.The monophyly of this family has been confirmed.
Taxonomy This family was previously sometimes known as Vexillidae. ''Latiromitra'' (from family Ptychatractidae) has been found to be closely related to Costellariidae in the molecular phylogeny analysis by Fedosov & Kantor (2010).
Genera Genera within the family Costellariidae include:* ''Alisimitra'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017* ''Atlantilux'' S.-I Huang, 2015* ''Austromitra'' Finlay, 1927* ''Ceratoxancus'' Kuroda, 1952* ''Costapex'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017* ''Latiromitra'' Locard, 1897* ''Mitromica'' S. S. Berry, 1958* ''Nodicostellaria'' Petuch, 1987* ''Orphanopusia'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017* ''Protoelongata'' Herrmann, Stossier & R. Salisbury, 2014* ''Pusia'' Swainson, 1840 - It is either a distinct genus or a subgenus of ''Vexillum''* ''Suluspira'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017* ''Thala'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853* ''Thaluta'' Rosenberg & Callomon, 2003* ''Tosapusia'' Azuma, 1965* ''Turricostellaria'' Petuch, 1987* ''Turriplicifer'' Fedosov, Marrow, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017* ''Vexillum'' Röding, 1798 - synonym: ''Turricula'' Fabricius, 1823 non Schumacher, 1817synonyms:* ''Costellaria'' Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Vexillum'' Röding, 1798* ''Pusiolina'' Cossmann, 1921 is a synonym of ''Microvoluta''* ''Turricula'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (not to be confounded with Turricula Schumacher, 1817) : synonym of  ''Vexillum'' Röding, 1798* ''Visaya'' Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006: synonym of ''Suluspira'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Visaya'' Ahyong, 2004; ''Suluspira'' is a replacement name)* ''Zierliana'' Gray, 1847: synonym of ''Vexillum'' Röding, 1798
Ecology carnivorous.
References
External links *  Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626