Microvoluta marginata
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- Microvoluta cuvierensis Finlay, 1930
- Turricula lincta Hutton, 1885
- Turricula marginata Hutton, 1885
- Vulpecula (Pusia) biconica R. Murdoch & Suter, 1906
- Vulpecula biconica Murdoch & Suter, 1906
- Vulpecula marginata (Hutton, 1885)
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Microvoluta marginata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.Marshall, B.; Kantor, Y. (2015). Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450654 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807182305/http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450654 |date=2016-08-07 }} on 2016-07-03
Description
The length of the shell attains 6mm.
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Distribution
It is only known to occur in New Zealand.
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
- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=8355|title=Microvoluta marginata|access-date=16 January 2019}}
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
- [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=150752&coltype=molluscs®no=m.001738&page=7&imagesonly=true&term=Marine Tepapa photo, but doesn't look anything like Powell's drawing!]
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Category:Gastropods of New Zealand
Category:Gastropods described in 1885
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