Volutomitra persephone

Volutomitra persephone is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.

Volutomitra persephone
Shell of Volutomitra persephone (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Volutomitra
Species:	V. persephone
Binomial name
Volutomitra persephone Bayer, 1971

Description

The length of the shell of the holotype is 40.7 mm; its diameter 16.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Panama and Venezuela.

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.

External links

• Bayer, F. M. (1971). New and unusual Mollusks collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the tropical Western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science. 21(1): 111-236