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Volutomitra pailoloana
Shell of Volutomitra pailoloana (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Volutomitra
Species:	V. pailoloana
Binomial name
Volutomitra pailoloana (J. Cate, 1963)
Synonyms
Vexillum pailoloana J. Cate, 1963

Volutomitra pailoloana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii

References

1. ^ Volutomitra pailoloana (J. Cate, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 1(4): 467-502.
• Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links

• Cate, J.M. (1963). Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8

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