Microvoluta superstes
Species of gastropod
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Microvoluta superstes is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
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| Microvoluta superstes | |
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| Shell of Microvoluta superstes (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. superstes |
| Binomial name | |
| Microvoluta superstes | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Josephine seamount off Portugal.