Volutomitridae
Encyclopedia
Volutomitridae is a family
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of 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 mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea
Muricoidea
Muricoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.This superfamily includes the murex snails, the chank snails, the true whelks, the dove snails, the crown conchs and busycon whelks, the spindle and tulip snails, the volutes and...
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Genera
The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:- ConomitraConomitraConomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutomitridae.-Species:Species within the genus Conomitra include:* Conomitra carribeana Weinsbord, 1929* Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987...
Conrad, 1865 - MagdalemitraMagdalemitraMagdalemitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutomitridae.-Species:Species within the genus Magdalemitra include:* Magdalemitra gilesorum Kilburn, 1974...
Kilburn, 1974 - MicrovolutaMicrovolutaMicrovoluta is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.-Species:Species in the genus Microvoluta include:* Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877* Microvoluta blakeana...
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 - ParadmeteParadmeteParadmete is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutomitridae.-Species:Species within the genus Paradmete include:* Paradmete arnaudi Numanami, 1996* Paradmete breidensis Numanami, 1996...
Strebel, 1908 - PeculatorPeculatorPeculator is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, one family of mitres.-Species:Species within the genus Peculator include:* Peculator bacatus* Peculator hedleyi...
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 - VolutomitraVolutomitraVolutomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres, with global distribution.-Species:Species in the genus Volutomitra include:* Volutomitra banksi...
H. Adams and A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1853
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