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Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Angas, G. F. (1877). Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1877): 34–40, pl. 5. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=133785

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Neogastropoda
family
Volutomitridae
genus
Microvoluta
species
Microvoluta australis

Name

Synonyms
Microvoluta purpureostoma Hedley & May, 1908
Voluta minima G.B.Sowerby Iii, 1887
Homonyms
Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877

Bibliographic References

  1. Angas, G. F. (1877). Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1877): 34-40, pl. 5.
  2. Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 1(4): 467-502.
  3. Marrow, M. P. (2025). Four new species of <i>Peculator</i> (Gastropoda: Volutomitridae) from Western Australia. <em>Conchylia.</em> 55(3-4): 25-33.
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