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Microvoluta joloensis

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Microvoluta joloensis
Shell of Microvoluta joloensis (specimen 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. joloensis
Binomial name
Microvoluta joloensis
Cernohorsky, 1970

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

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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