Biology:Microvoluta superstes
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Microvoluta superstes (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. superstes
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| Microvoluta superstes Bouchet & Warén, 1985
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Microvoluta superstes is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Josephine seamount off Portugal.
References
- ↑ Microvoluta superstes Bouchet & Warén, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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
External links
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
Wikidata ☰ Q6782742 entry
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