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Species List for Genus: Volutomitra
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Volutomitridae (Family) > Volutomitra (Genus)
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  • Genus: Volutomitra

  • Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
    Height 44mm, Width 18mm
    Marine, Endemic, Sometimes bears a minute operculum
    South Island. Off Banks Peninsula and Chatham Rise
    CFMAnE.
  • Volutomitra obscura (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 28mm, Width 14mm
    Marine
    Northland to East Cape. Also South Australia to Victoria and Tasmania
    AC
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil