Biology:Microvoluta echinata

From HandWiki
Revision as of 02:13, 11 March 2023 by QCDvac (talk | contribs) (add)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of gastropod


Microvoluta echinata
Microvoluta echinata (MNHN-IM-2000-30214).jpeg
Shell of Microvoluta echinata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Microvoluta
Species:
M. echinata
Binomial name
Microvoluta echinata
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

Microvoluta echinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  • 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 ☰ Q6782766 entry