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

Volutomitra tenella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Volutomitra
Species:
V. tenella
Binomial name
Volutomitra tenella
Golikov & Sirenko, 1998

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Kuril Archipelago.

References

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  • Golikov A.N. & Sirenko B.I. (1998) Prosobranch gastropods of the continental slope of Kurile Islands.[In Russian] Ruthenica 8(2): 91–135.
  • 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.