Volutomitra persephone

Species of gastropod

Volutomitra persephone

Shell of Volutomitra persephone (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Turbinelloidea
Family:  | Volutomitridae
Genus:  | Volutomitra
Species:  |

V. persephone

Binomial name
Volutomitra persephone

Bayer, 1971

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

## Description

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The length of the shell of the holotype is 40.7 mm; its diameter 16.1 mm.

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## Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Panama and Venezuela.

## References

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1. ^ a b Volutomitra persephone Bayer, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

* Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 1(4): 467-502.

## External links

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* Bayer, F. M. (1971). New and unusual Mollusks collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the tropical Western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science. 21(1): 111-236

Taxon identifiers

Volutomitra persephone|

* Wikidata: Q6781649
* CoL: 7G4NJ
* EoL: 4846297
* GBIF: 6500062
* IRMNG: 11710705
* OBIS: 450671
* Open Tree of Life: 2907581
* SeaLifeBase: 149421
* WoRMS: 450671

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