Volutomitra obscura

Volutomitra obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Volutomitra
Species:	V. obscura
Binomial name
	Volutomitra obscura; (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
	Mitra alboapicata E. A. Smith, 1898; Mitra mortenseni Odhner, 1924; Mitra obscura Hutton, 1873; Mitra pica Reeve, 1845; Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1873);

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

References

Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington. xx + 116 pp
Odhner, N.H. (1924) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77, 1–90, 2 pls.
Smith, E.A. (1898). On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 20–25.
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
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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