Biology:Microvoluta cryptomitra
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Microvoluta cryptomitra | |
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| Shell of Microvoluta cryptomitra (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. cryptomitra
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| Binomial name | |
| Microvoluta cryptomitra Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta cryptomitra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm. It is a non broadcast spawner without a trocophere stage.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands found at a depth of 825-975 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Microvoluta cryptomitra Bouchet & Kantor, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Microvoluta cryptomitra". https://www.sealifebase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=81566.
- Bouchet P. & Kantor Y. 2004. New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502
- Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae
Wikidata ☰ Q6782207 entry
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