Volutomitra banksi

Volutomitra banksi
Shell of Volutomitra banksi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Volutomitra
Species:	V. banksi
Binomial name
Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
Synonyms[1]
Proximitra banksi Dell, 1951

Volutomitra banksi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and found at the Cook Strait.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450665 on 2023-08-17

• Dell, R. K. (1951). A deep water Molluscan fauna from off Banks Peninsula. Records of the Canterbury Museum 6 (1): 53-60.
• 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.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Further reading

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1