Microvoluta cythara
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| Species: | M. cythara
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| Microvoluta cythara Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta cythara 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.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.
References[]
- ^ Microvoluta cythara Bouchet & Kantor, 2004. 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[]
Categories:
- Volutomitridae
- Gastropods described in 2004
- Volutomitridae stubs