Volutomitra blanfordi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Volutomitra blanfordi
Drawing of a shell of Volutomitra blanfordi (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Volutomitra
Species:
V. blanfordi
Binomial name
Volutomitra blanfordi
(Melvill & Standen, 1901
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Pusia) blanfordi Melvill & Standen, 1901 (basionym)
  • Mitra blanfordi Melvill & Standen, 1901 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) blanfordi (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • Vexillum blanfordi (Melvill & Standen, 1901) ·

Description

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Volutomitra blanfordi is a small species. The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

The solid spire is oblong-fusiform and turreted. It is dark white with irregular brown spots. The shell contains six whorls of which two in the protoconch. The remainder are closely longitudinally ribbed, most frequently vanishing on the body whorl, transversely obscurely but closely lirate. The aperture is narrow. The columellar margin is incrassate with four folds. It is not unlike Mitra (Chrysame) tiarella in miniature, but its structure is that of a Pusia.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.[citation needed]

References

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  • Salisbury, R. A. & Gori, S. (2019). Six new Volutomitridae species from the Arabian seas and transfer of two Costellariidae species to Volutomitridae (Gastropoda: Volutomitridae). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 103-124.