Microvoluta marginata
| Microvoluta marginata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Microvoluta |
| Species: | M. marginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885) | |
Microvoluta marginata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. It is only known to occur in New Zealand.
References
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Tepapa photo, but doesn't look anything like Powell's drawing!
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