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Volutomitridae

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Volutomitridae
Volutomitra ziczac
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Gray, 1854
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Microvolutidae Iredale & McMichael, 1962
  • Peculatoridae Iredale & McMichael, 1962

Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.

Distribution

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The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.[1]

Genera

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The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ "Volutomitridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Further reading

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