Volutomitra vaubani | |
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Shell of Volutomitra vaubani (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Volutomitridae |
Genus: | Volutomitra |
Species: | V. vaubani |
Binomial name | |
Volutomitra vaubani Volutomitra vaubani (MNHN-IM-2000-30314).jpeg | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Volutomitra (Waimatea) vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982 |
Volutomitra vaubani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 13 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia..
References
- 1 2 Volutomitra vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Cernohorsky W.O. (1982 ["1981"]). On a collection of buccinacean and mitracean gastropods (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) from the Mozambique Channel and New Caledonia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. ser. 4, section A, 3(4): 985-1009.
- 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
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