Microvoluta mitrella

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Microvoluta mitrella
Microvoluta mitrella (MNHN-IM-2000-30261).jpeg
Shell of Microvoluta mitrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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M. mitrella
Binomial name
Microvoluta mitrella
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 10 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


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