| Voluta retemirabilis | |
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| Shell of Voluta retemirabilis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. retemirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta retemirabilis is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 49 mm, its diameter 27 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Misteriosa Bank, between Belize and the Cayman Islands.
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363612 on 2023-06-29
- Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
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