Volutomitridae

Volutomitridae

Volutomitridae

Family of sea snails

Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Bouchet, P. & Kantor, Y. I. (2003) "New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae)". Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502. doi:10.1017/S1477200003001282
  2. [2]
    "Volutomitridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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