Volutomitridae

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

Volutomitridae
Volutomitra ziczac
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Volutomitridae Gray, 1854
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Microvolutidae Iredale & McMichael, 1962 Peculatoridae Iredale & McMichael, 1962

Distribution

The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.^[1]

Genera

The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:^[1][2]

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