| 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.
Description
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.
Species
Species in the genus Volutomitra include:
- † 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
- ^ 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
- 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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