Volutomitridae is a
family
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s, in the superfamily
Turbinelloidea
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.
Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of
New Caledonia.
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:
[Bouchet, P. & Kantor, Y. I. (2003) "New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae)". '']Systematics and Biodiversity
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'' 1(4): 467–502.
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Conomitra''
Conrad, 1865
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Magdalemitra''
Kilburn, 1974
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Microvoluta''
Angas, 1877
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Paradmete''
Strebel, 1908
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Peculator''
Iredale, 1924
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Volutomitra''
H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
References
Further reading
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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