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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.

Genera

The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:

• 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

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