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Microvoluta engonia

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Microvoluta engonia
Shell of Microvoluta engonia (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Microvoluta
Species:
M. engonia
Binomial name
Microvoluta engonia
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

Microvoluta engonia is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.75 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  • 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.
  • Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae