WoRMS taxon details
Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
138662 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138662)
accepted
Genus
Mitra groenlandica Møller, 1842 accepted as Volutomitra groenlandica (Møller, 1842) (type by subsequent designation)
Compsomitra Marwick, 1942 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mitra (Volutomitra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Volutomitra (Volutomitra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Volutomitra (Waimatea) H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Waimatea H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Volutomitra andreiae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Species Volutomitra bairdii (Dall, 1889)
- Species Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
- Species Volutomitra bayeri Okutani, 1982
- Species Volutomitra blanfordi (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Species Volutomitra carlosbranai R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Species Volutomitra erebus Bayer, 1971
- Species Volutomitra filippoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Species Volutomitra francescae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Species Volutomitra franckboyeri R. Salisbury & Rosado, 2025
- Species Volutomitra geoffreyana (Melvill, 1910)
- Species Volutomitra glabella Bouchet & Kantor, 2000
- Species Volutomitra groenlandica (Møller, 1842)
- Species Volutomitra hottentota (Thiele, 1925)
- Species Volutomitra obscura (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
- Species Volutomitra pailoloana (J. M. Cate, 1963)
- Species Volutomitra pereirae R. Salisbury & Rosado, 2025
- Species Volutomitra persephone Bayer, 1971
- Species Volutomitra rosadoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019
- Species Volutomitra sandrogorii R. Salisbury & Rosado, 2025
- Species Volutomitra tenella A. N. Golikov & Sirenko, 1998
- Species Volutomitra vaubani Cernohorsky, 1982
- Species Volutomitra ziczac Bouchet & Kantor, 2004
- Subgenus Volutomitra (Volutomitra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
- Species Volutomitra (Volutomitra) banksi (Dell, 1951) accepted as Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951) (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Volutomitra (Waimatea) H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Volutomitra alaskana Dall, 1902 accepted as Volutomitra groenlandica (Møller, 1842) (junior synonym)
- Species Volutomitra cinnamomea A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Austromitra cinnamomea (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Volutomitra curta (Strebel, 1908) accepted as Paradmete curta (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Volutomitra digna A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Volutomitra fragillima R. B. Watson, 1882 accepted as Paradmete fragillima (R. B. Watson, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volutomitra porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912) accepted as Volvarina porcellana (Melvill & Standen, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volutomitra vincta A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Volutomitra wandoensis F. S. Holmes, 1860 accepted as Vexillum wandoense (F. S. Holmes, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
recent + fossil
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutomitra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138662 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 [details]
original description (of Waimatea H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]
original description (of Compsomitra Marwick, 1942 †) Marwick, J. (1942). Some Eocene Mollusca from New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 72: 268-279.
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Waimatea H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]
original description (of Compsomitra Marwick, 1942 †) Marwick, J. (1942). Some Eocene Mollusca from New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 72: 268-279.
page(s): 278 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
