Microvoluta marginata
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| Microvoluta marginata | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. marginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885)
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Microvoluta marginata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The length of the shell attains 6mm.
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]It is only known to occur in Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands,North Island,Stewart Island,Southern south island and Mernoo bank[2] in the country of New Zealand.[3]
Anatomy
[edit | edit source]Their anatomy is noted to be Height 8mm and Width 3.5mm .[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Marshall, B.; Kantor, Y. (2015). Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450654 Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine on 2016-07-03
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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.
External links
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Tepapa photo, but doesn't look anything like Powell's drawing!
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