Microvoluta superstes

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Microvoluta superstes
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Shell of Microvoluta superstes (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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M. superstes
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Microvoluta superstes
Bouchet & Warén, 1985

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Josephine seamount off Portugal.

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