Volutomitridae

Volutomitridae
Volutomitra ziczac
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Volutomitridae Gray, 1854
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Microvolutidae Iredale & McMichael, 1962 Peculatoridae Iredale & McMichael, 1962

Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.

Distribution

The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.[1]

Genera

The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:[1][2]

• Conomitra Conrad, 1865
• Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974
• Microvoluta Angas, 1877
• Paradmete Strebel, 1908
• Peculator Iredale, 1924
• Volutomitra H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853

References

1. Bouchet, P. & Kantor, Y. I. (2003) "New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae)". Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502. doi:10.1017/S1477200003001282
2. "Volutomitridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Further reading

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