Microvoluta cryptomitra

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Microvoluta cryptomitra
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Shell of Microvoluta cryptomitra (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Microvoluta
Species:
M. cryptomitra
Binomial name
Microvoluta cryptomitra
Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

Microvoluta cryptomitra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm. It is a non broadcast spawner without a trocophere stage. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands found at a depth of 825-975 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Microvoluta cryptomitra Bouchet & Kantor, 2004 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Microvoluta cryptomitra". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 24 November 2025.


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