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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Microvoluta (Genus)
> royana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra jervisensis Laseron, 1951
Images: Microvoluta royana Iredale, 1924
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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Microvoluta (Genus)
> royana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra jervisensis Laseron, 1951
Details: Microvoluta royana Iredale, 1924
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm
Distribution:
Australia; Fraser Island, Queensland, to Lakes Entrance, Victoria, 14-143 metres. Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978 New records of neogastropod Mollusca from the Kermadec Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 15 (p.64)
  • Iredale, T. 1924 Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil