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Voluta retemirabilis

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Species of gastropod

Voluta retemirabilis
Shell of Voluta retemirabilis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species: V. retemirabilis
Binomial name
Voluta retemirabilis
(Petuch, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Falsilyria retemirabilis Petuch, 1981
  • Voluta polypleura retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981)

Voluta retemirabilis is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

The length of the shell attains 49 mm, its diameter 27 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2023)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Misteriosa Bank, between Belize and the Cayman Islands.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363612 on 2023-06-29
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197

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Taxon identifiers
Voluta retemirabilis


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