Deep-Sea taxon details
Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
450665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450665)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Dell, R. K. (1951). A deep water Molluscan fauna from off Banks Peninsula. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum 6 (1): 53-60.</em>
page(s): 54 [details]
page(s): 54 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450665 on 2026-06-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450665 on 2026-06-09
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(of ) Dell, R. K. (1951). A deep water Molluscan fauna from off Banks Peninsula. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum 6 (1): 53-60.</em>
page(s): 54 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 54 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951) New Zealand, Chatham Islands Territory, Chatham Ris...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Volutomitra banksi (1) 886029)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Volutomitra banksi 886029)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To NMNH Extant Collection (Volutomitra banksi (1) 886029)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Volutomitra banksi 886029)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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