Voluta retemirabilis
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- Falsilyria retemirabilis Petuch, 1981
- Voluta polypleura retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981)
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Voluta retemirabilis is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363612 on 2023-06-29
Description
The length of the shell attains 49 mm, its diameter 27 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Misteriosa Bank, between Belize and the Cayman Islands.
References
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- Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34607625 Petuch E.J. (1981). A volutid species radiation from northern Honduras, with notes on the Honduran Caloosahatchian Secondary Relict Pocket. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94(4): 1110-1130]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1981
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