Volutomitra vaubani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
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| Shell of Volutomitra vaubani (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Volutomitra |
| Species: | V. vaubani
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| Volutomitra vaubani Volutomitra vaubani (MNHN-IM-2000-30314).jpeg
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Volutomitra (Waimatea) vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 13 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia..
References
edit- ^ a b Volutomitra vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Cernohorsky W.O. (1982 ["1981"]). On a collection of buccinacean and mitracean gastropods (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) from the Mozambique Channel and New Caledonia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. ser. 4, section A, 3(4): 985-1009.
- 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