Microvoluta mitrella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
| Microvoluta mitrella | |
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| Shell of Microvoluta mitrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. mitrella
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| Microvoluta mitrella Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 10 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Microvoluta mitrella Bouchet & Kantor, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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