Volutomitra pailoloana
Appearance
Volutomitra pailoloana | |
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Shell of Volutomitra pailoloana (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Volutomitridae |
Genus: | Volutomitra |
Species: | V. pailoloana
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Binomial name | |
Volutomitra pailoloana (J. Cate, 1963)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Vexillum pailoloana J. Cate, 1963 |
Volutomitra pailoloana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Hawaii
References
[edit]- ^ a b Volutomitra pailoloana (J. Cate, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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.
- Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
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