Microvoluta cryptomitra

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Microvoluta cryptomitra
File:Microvoluta cryptomitra (MNHN-IM-2000-30192).jpeg
Shell of Microvoluta cryptomitra (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Microvoluta
Species:
M. cryptomitra
Binomial name
Microvoluta cryptomitra
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm. It is a non broadcast spawner without a trocophere stage.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands found at a depth of 825-975 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Microvoluta cryptomitra Bouchet & Kantor, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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  • 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
  • Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae

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