Volutomitra
Encyclopedia
Volutomitra is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae
, the mitres, with global distribution.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea.-Genera:The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:* Conomitra Conrad, 1865* Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974...
, the mitres, with global distribution.
Species
Species in the genus Volutomitra include:- Volutomitra banksiVolutomitra banksiVolutomitra banksi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.- Further reading :* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1951) - Volutomitra bairdiiVolutomitra bairdiiVolutomitra bairdii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(Dall, 1889) - Volutomitra banksiVolutomitra banksiVolutomitra banksi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.- Further reading :* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Dell, 1951) - Volutomitra bayeriVolutomitra bayeriVolutomitra bayeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Okutani, 1982 - Volutomitra erebusVolutomitra erebusVolutomitra erebus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Bayer, 1971 - Erebus mitre-volute - Volutomitra glabellaVolutomitra glabellaVolutomitra glabella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Bouchet & Kantor, 2000 - Volutomitra groenlandicaVolutomitra groenlandicaVolutomitra groenlandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(Moller, 1842) - false Greenland mitre - Volutomitra obscuraVolutomitra obscuraVolutomitra obscura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(Hutton, 1873) - Volutomitra pailoloanaVolutomitra pailoloanaVolutomitra pailoloana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(J. Cate, 1963) - Volutomitra persephoneVolutomitra persephoneVolutomitra persephone is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Bayer, 1971 - Volutomitra porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
- Volutomitra tenellaVolutomitra tenellaVolutomitra tenella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Golikov & Sirenko, 1998 - Volutomitra vaubaniVolutomitra vaubaniVolutomitra vaubani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Cernohorsky, 1982 - Volutomitra ziczacVolutomitra ziczacVolutomitra ziczac is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
Species brought into synonymy :
- Volutomitra alaskana DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1902 : synonym of Volutomitra groenlandica (Beck in Möller, 1842)