Volutomitra

Volutomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres, with global distribution.^[1]

Volutomitra Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous to Recent
Volutomitra ziczac
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Volutomitra H. & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Volutomitra groenlandica groenlandica Beck, H.H. in Möller, H.P.C., 1842
Synonyms[1]
Compsomitra Marwick, 1942 Mitra (Volutomitra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Volutomitra (Waimatea) Finlay, 1926 Waimatea Finlay, 1873

Description

The smooth shell is ovate or fusiform, covered with an epidermis. The whorls are simple. The columella shows oblique plaits. The outer lip is thin, simple and arcuated.^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Volutomitra include:^[3]

• † Volutomitra amplexa (Finlay, 1930) †
• Volutomitra andreiae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
• † Volutomitra antarctmella (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
• Volutomitra bairdii (Dall, 1889)
• Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
• Volutomitra bayeri Okutani, 1982
• Volutomitra blanfordi (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
• Volutomitra carlosbranai R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
• † Volutomitra cernohorskyi (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
• † Volutomitra dennanti (Tate, 1889)
• Volutomitra erebus Bayer, 1971 - Erebus mitre-volute
• Volutomitra filippoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
• Volutomitra francescae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
• Volutomitra geoffreyana (Melvill, 1910)
• Volutomitra glabella Bouchet & Kantor, 2000
• Volutomitra groenlandica (Moller, 1842) - false Greenland mitre
• Volutomitra hottentota Thiele, 1925
• † Volutomitra incisa (Marwick, 1942)
• † Volutomitra inconspicua (Hutton, 1885)
• † Volutomitra iredalei (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
• † Volutomitra lornensis (Marwick, 1926)
• Volutomitra obscura (Hutton, 1873)
• † Volutomitra othone (Tenison Woods, 1879)
• † Volutomitra othoniana (Finlay, 1924)
• Volutomitra pailoloana (J. Cate, 1963)
• Volutomitra persephone Bayer, 1971
• Volutomitra rosadoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
• † Volutomitra subcrenularis (Tate, 1889)
• Volutomitra tenella Golikov & Sirenko, 1998
• † Volutomitra transilis (Finlay, 1930)
• Volutomitra vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982
• † Volutomitra vitilevensis Ladd, 1982
• Volutomitra ziczac Bouchet & Kantor, 2004

Species brought into synonymy

• Volutomitra alaskana Dall, 1902 : synonym of Volutomitra groenlandica (Beck in Möller, 1842)
• Volutomitra cinnamomea A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Austromitra cinnamomea (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
• Volutomitra curta (Strebel, 1908): synonym of Paradmete curta (Strebel, 1908)
• Volutomitra digna A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822)
• Volutomitra fragillima R. B. Watson, 1882: synonym of Paradmete fragillima (R. B. Watson, 1882) (original combination)
• Volutomitra porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912): synonym of Volvarina porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
• Volutomitra vincta A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845)
• Volutomitra wandoensis Holmes, 1860: synonym of Vexillum wandoense (Holmes, 1860) (superseded combination)