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Volutomitra banksi

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Volutomitra banksi
Shell of Volutomitra banksi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Volutomitra
Species:
V. banksi
Binomial name
Volutomitra banksi
(Dell, 1951)
Synonyms[1]

Proximitra banksi Dell, 1951

Volutomitra banksi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. [1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and found at the Cook Strait.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450665 on 2023-08-17
  • Dell, R. K. (1951). A deep water Molluscan fauna from off Banks Peninsula. Records of the Canterbury Museum 6 (1): 53-60.
  • 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.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Further reading

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  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1