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 |
Type species | |
Volutomitra groenlandica groenlandica Beck, H.H. in Möller, H.P.C., 1842 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Volutomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres, with global distribution. [1]
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. [2]
Species in the genus Volutomitra include: [3]
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 |
Type species | |
Volutomitra groenlandica groenlandica Beck, H.H. in Möller, H.P.C., 1842 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Volutomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres, with global distribution. [1]
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. [2]
Species in the genus Volutomitra include: [3]