Microvoluta

Microvoluta is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Microvoluta
Temporal range: Lower Pliocene to Recent
Microvoluta cythara shell
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Microvoluta

Angas, 1877
Type species
Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877
Species

See text

Synonyms

Vexillitra Marwick, 1931

Species

Species in the genus Microvoluta include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Microvoluta cuvierensis Finlay, 1930 synonym of Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885)
  • Microvoluta obconica Powell, 1952 synonym of Peculator obconicus (Powell, 1952)
  • Microvoluta ponderi Cernohorsky, 1975 synonym of Microvoluta miranda (E. A. Smith, 1891)
  • Microvoluta purpureostoma Hedley & May, 1908 synonym of Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138661 on 2016-11-15
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Microvoluta Angas, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138661 on 2015-09-19

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • SeaShells of NSW


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