Volutomitridae

Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.

Distribution

The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.

Genera

The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:

• Conomitra <small>Conrad, 1865</small>
• Magdalemitra <small>Kilburn, 1974</small>
• Microvoluta <small>Angas, 1877</small>
• Paradmete <small>Strebel, 1908</small>
• Peculator <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
• Volutomitra <small>H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853</small>

References

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979