Microvoluta
Encyclopedia
Microvoluta is a genus
of very small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea.-Genera:The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:* Conomitra Conrad, 1865* Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974...
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Species
Species in the genus Microvoluta include:- Microvoluta australisMicrovoluta australisMicrovoluta australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
AngasGeorge French AngasGeorge French Angas , was an English explorer, naturalist and painter.He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the eldest son of George Fife Angas, prominent in the establishment of the new colony of South Australia. Despite showing remarkable talent in drawing, he was placed in a London...
, 1877 - Microvoluta blakeanaMicrovoluta blakeanaMicrovoluta blakeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(Dall, 1889) - Microvoluta cuvierensis FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, H.J., 1930 - Microvoluta intermediaMicrovoluta intermediaMicrovoluta intermedia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(Dall, 1889) - Microvoluta joloensisMicrovoluta joloensisMicrovoluta joloensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
- Microvoluta marginataMicrovoluta marginataMicrovoluta 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.- Further reading :...
(HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1885) - Microvoluta mirandaMicrovoluta mirandaMicrovoluta miranda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
(E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1891) - Microvoluta royanaMicrovoluta royanaMicrovoluta royana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1924
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 - SeaShells of NSW