Microvoluta superstes explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

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

References

• 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
• Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae

External links

• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213