WoRMS name details
Microvoluta purpureostoma Hedley & May, 1908
450685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450685)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hedley, C.; May, W. L. (1908). Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles east of Cape Pillar, Tasmania. <em>Records of the Australia Museum.</em> 7(2): 108-125; plates 22-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8055917
page(s): 120, pl. 23, fig. 20-21 [details]
page(s): 120, pl. 23, fig. 20-21 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Microvoluta purpureostoma Hedley & May, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450685 on 2026-10-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Hedley, C.; May, W. L. (1908). Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles east of Cape Pillar, Tasmania. <em>Records of the Australia Museum.</em> 7(2): 108-125; plates 22-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8055917
page(s): 120, pl. 23, fig. 20-21 [details]
page(s): 120, pl. 23, fig. 20-21 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 1(4): 467-502., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477200003001282 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
