Volutomitridae: Microvoluta stadialis (Hedley, 1911) (‘staged volute-mitre’)

Synonym(s): stadialis Hedley, 1911.

Typical shell-length 7 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southern and southwestern Australia (TAS, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record from the southeast coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Microvoluta

no coastal locality records for this species currently available