Volutomitridae
Family of sea snails
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Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
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| Volutomitra ziczac | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Volutomitridae Gray, 1854 |
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Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.[1]
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:[1][2]
- Conomitra Conrad, 1865
- Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974
- Microvoluta Angas, 1877
- Paradmete Strebel, 1908
- Peculator Iredale, 1924
- Volutomitra H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853