''Microvoluta'' is a
genus of very small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the family
Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contain ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138661 on 2016-11-15]
Species
Species in the genus ''Microvoluta'' include:
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138661 on 2015-09-19]
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Microvoluta amphissa
''Microvoluta amphissa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.156 mm.
Distribution
From the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia
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Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta australis''
Angas, 1877
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Microvoluta balteata''
(Marwick, 1931)
* ''
Microvoluta blakeana''
( Dall, 1889)
* ''
Microvoluta corona
''Microvoluta'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...
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Simone & Cunha, 2012
* ''
Microvoluta cryptomitra''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
* ''
Microvoluta cythara''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
* ''
Microvoluta dolichura''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta echinata
''Microvoluta echinata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta engonia
''Microvoluta engonia'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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, an ...
''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta fracta'' (Marwick, 1926)
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Microvoluta garrardi''
Cernohorsky, 1975
* ''
Microvoluta hondana''
(Yokoyama, 1922)
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Microvoluta intermedia
''Microvoluta intermedia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The high ...
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( Dall, 1889)
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Microvoluta joloensis
''Microvoluta joloensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Pap ...
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Cernohorsky, 1970
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Microvoluta marginata
''Microvoluta marginata'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. Marshall, B.; Kantor, Y. (2015). Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed throu ...
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( Hutton, 1885)
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Microvoluta marwicki
''Microvoluta'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...
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(Vella, 1954)
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Microvoluta miranda
''Microvoluta miranda'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest ...
''
( E. A. Smith, 1891)
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Microvoluta mitrella
''Microvoluta mitrella'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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, ant ...
''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta nodulata
''Microvoluta'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...
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P. A. Maxwell, 1988
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Microvoluta pentaploca
''Microvoluta'' is a genus of very small sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...
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Finlay, 1927
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Microvoluta respergens''
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Microvoluta royana''
Iredale, 1924
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Microvoluta stadialis
''Microvoluta stadialis'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The ...
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(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Microvoluta superstes''
Bouchet & Warén, 1985
* ''
Microvoluta teretiuscula''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Microvoluta veldhoveni''
deJong and Coomans, 1988
* † ''
Microvoluta vetusta''
Laws, 1936
* † ''
Microvoluta wainuioruensis''
(Vella, 1954)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Microvoluta cuvierensis''
Finlay, 1930 synonym of ''Microvoluta marginata''
(Hutton, 1885)
* ''Microvoluta euzonata''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1900): synonym of ''
Austromitra euzonata
''Austromitra euzonata'' is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, ma ...
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(G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
* ''Microvoluta obconica''
Powell, 1952 synonym of ''
Peculator obconicus
''Peculator obconicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest ...
''
(Powell, 1952)
* ''Microvoluta ponderi''
Cernohorsky, 1975 synonym of ''Microvoluta miranda''
(E. A. Smith, 1891)
* ''Microvoluta purpureostoma''
Hedley & May, 1908 synonym of ''Microvoluta australis''
Angas, 1877
References
* Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177. 18: pls.
Further reading
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
SeaShells of NSW
Volutomitridae
Extant Zanclean first appearances
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