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Volutomitra glabella

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Volutomitra glabella
Shell of Volutomitra glabella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Volutomitra
Species:
V. glabella
Binomial name
Volutomitra glabella
Bouchet & Kantor, 2000

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 24 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia.[citation needed]

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
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