Microvoluta cryptomitra

Microvoluta cryptomitra
Shell of Microvoluta cryptomitra (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Microvoluta
Species:	M. cryptomitra
Binomial name
Microvoluta cryptomitra Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

Microvoluta cryptomitra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm. It is a non broadcast spawner without a trocophere stage.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands found at a depth of 825-975 m.

References

• 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
• Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae

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