Microvoluta cythara
| Microvoluta cythara | |
|---|---|
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| Shell of Microvoluta cythara (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. cythara |
| Binomial name | |
| Microvoluta cythara Bouchet & Kantor, 2004 | |
Microvoluta cythara is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ Microvoluta cythara Bouchet & Kantor, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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
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