World Register of Deep-Sea species - Volutomitridae J. E. Gray, 1854

Deep-Sea taxon details

Volutomitridae J. E. Gray, 1854

AphiaID

23142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23142)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Turbinelloidea Swainson, 1835

Original name

Volutomitrinae J. E. Gray, 1854

Direct children (4)

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Genus Daffymitra Harasewych & Kantor, 2005
Genus Microvoluta Angas, 1877
Genus Paradmete Strebel, 1908
Genus Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 36 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Volutomitridae J. E. Gray, 1854. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23142 on 2026-06-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Volutomitridae J. E. Gray, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23142 on 2026-06-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2009-02-02 11:06:43Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-08-14 07:25:27Z

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db_admin

2010-02-25 15:39:34Z

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Kantor, Yuri

2017-03-31 12:51:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-03-21 07:59:24Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-03-21 17:42:10Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of ) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 36 [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201
page(s): 351 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Language	Name
Japanese	フデヒタチオビガイ科	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Volutomitridae)
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