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Microvoluta superstes

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Microvoluta superstes
Shell of Microvoluta superstes (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. superstes
Binomial name
Microvoluta superstes
Bouchet & Warén, 1985

Microvoluta superstes 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 5.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Josephine seamount off Portugal.

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
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