Microvoluta joloensis

Microvoluta joloensis
Shell of Microvoluta joloensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Microvoluta
Species:	M. joloensis
Binomial name
Microvoluta joloensis Cernohorsky, 1970

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

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

External links

• Cernohorsky W.O. (1970). New Mitridae and Volutomitridae. The Nautilus. 83(3): 95-104