Volutomitra
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| Volutomitra Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous to Recent
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| Volutomitra ziczac | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Volutomitra H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
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| Volutomitra groenlandica groenlandica Beck, H.H. in Möller, H.P.C., 1842 | |
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Volutomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres, with global distribution.[1]
Description
[edit]The smooth shell is ovate or fusiform, covered with an epidermis. The whorls are simple. The columella shows oblique plaits. The outer lip is thin, simple and arcuated.[2]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Volutomitra include:[3]
- † Volutomitra amplexa (Finlay, 1930) †
- Volutomitra andreiae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- † Volutomitra antarctmella (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
- Volutomitra bairdii (Dall, 1889)
- Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
- Volutomitra bayeri Okutani, 1982
- Volutomitra blanfordi (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Volutomitra carlosbranai R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- † Volutomitra cernohorskyi (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
- † Volutomitra dennanti (Tate, 1889)
- Volutomitra erebus Bayer, 1971 - Erebus mitre-volute
- Volutomitra filippoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Volutomitra francescae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Volutomitra geoffreyana (Melvill, 1910)
- Volutomitra glabella Bouchet & Kantor, 2000
- Volutomitra groenlandica (Moller, 1842) - false Greenland mitre
- Volutomitra hottentota Thiele, 1925
- † Volutomitra incisa (Marwick, 1942)
- † Volutomitra inconspicua (Hutton, 1885)
- † Volutomitra iredalei (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
- † Volutomitra lornensis (Marwick, 1926)
- Volutomitra obscura (Hutton, 1873)
- † Volutomitra othone (Tenison Woods, 1879)
- † Volutomitra othoniana (Finlay, 1924)
- Volutomitra pailoloana (J. Cate, 1963)
- Volutomitra persephone Bayer, 1971
- Volutomitra rosadoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- † Volutomitra subcrenularis (Tate, 1889)
- Volutomitra tenella Golikov & Sirenko, 1998
- † Volutomitra transilis (Finlay, 1930)
- Volutomitra vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982
- † Volutomitra vitilevensis Ladd, 1982
- Volutomitra ziczac Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
- Species brought into synonymy
- Volutomitra alaskana Dall, 1902 : synonym of Volutomitra groenlandica (Beck in Möller, 1842)
- Volutomitra cinnamomea A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Austromitra cinnamomea (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
- Volutomitra curta (Strebel, 1908): synonym of Paradmete curta (Strebel, 1908)
- Volutomitra digna A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822)
- Volutomitra fragillima R. B. Watson, 1882: synonym of Paradmete fragillima (R. B. Watson, 1882) (original combination)
- Volutomitra porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912): synonym of Volvarina porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
- Volutomitra vincta A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845)
- Volutomitra wandoensis Holmes, 1860: synonym of Vexillum wandoense (Holmes, 1860) (superseded combination)
References
[edit]- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138662 on 2010-12-14
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- ^ "Volutomitra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 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
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marwick, J. (1942). Some Eocene Mollusca from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 72: 268-279
External links
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- Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
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