Biology:Volutomitridae
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Short description: Family of sea snails
| Volutomitridae | |
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| Volutomitra ziczac | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Volutomitridae Gray, 1854 |
| Genera | |
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Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.[1]
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:[1][2]
- Conomitra Conrad, 1865
- Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974
- Microvoluta Angas, 1877
- Paradmete Strebel, 1908
- Peculator Iredale, 1924
- Volutomitra H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. & Kantor, Y. I. (2003) "New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae)". Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502. doi:10.1017/S1477200003001282
- ↑ "Volutomitridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=73229.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q3177112 entry
