:Volutomitra persephone
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| taxon = Volutomitra persephone
| image = Volutomitra persephone 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Volutomitra persephone (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| authority = Bayer, 1971
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Volutomitra persephone is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.{{WRMS species|450671|Volutomitra persephone Bayer, 1971||25 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell of the holotype is 40.7 mm; its diameter 16.1 mm.
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Distribution
References
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- 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
- [https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1971/00000021/00000001/art00004# 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]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1971
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