Volutomitra

Volutomitra
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous to Recent
Volutomitra ziczac
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Volutomitra
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Volutomitra groenlandica groenlandica Beck, H.H. in Möller, H.P.C., 1842
Synonyms[1]
  • Compsomitra Marwick, 1942
  • Mitra (Volutomitra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Volutomitra (Waimatea) Finlay, 1926
  • Waimatea Finlay, 1873

Volutomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres, with global distribution.[1]

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138662 on 2010-12-14