MolluscaBase taxon details
Volutomitra bayeri Okutani, 1982
450666 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450666)
accepted
Species
marine
Okutani, T. (1982). A new genus and five new species of gastropods trawled from off Surinam. <em>Venus.</em> 41(2): 109-120.
page(s): 114, pl. 2 figs 3-5 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 114, pl. 2 figs 3-5 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Frederick [Fred, Ted] Merke Bayer (1921-2007).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Frederick [Fred, Ted] Merke Bayer (1921-2007). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutomitra bayeri Okutani, 1982. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450666 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Okutani, T. (1982). A new genus and five new species of gastropods trawled from off Surinam. <em>Venus.</em> 41(2): 109-120.
page(s): 114, pl. 2 figs 3-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details]
additional source Okutani, T. (1991). Mistaken localities for some shells "from Surinam". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 105(4): 165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271209 [details]
page(s): 114, pl. 2 figs 3-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details]
additional source Okutani, T. (1991). Mistaken localities for some shells "from Surinam". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 105(4): 165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271209 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Frederick [Fred, Ted] Merke Bayer (1921-2007). [details]
