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Family: Volutomitridae (See list of species below)

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29 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Conomitra caribbeana []	No picture found Conomitra leonardhilli []	No picture found Conomitra lindae []
No picture found Microvoluta amphissa []	No picture found Microvoluta blakeana []	No picture found Microvoluta cryptomitra []
No picture found Microvoluta cythara []	No picture found Microvoluta dolichura []	No picture found Microvoluta echinata []
No picture found Microvoluta engonia []	No picture found Microvoluta joloensis []	No picture found Microvoluta mitrella []
No picture found Microvoluta respergens []	No picture found Microvoluta royana []	No picture found Paradmete breidensis []
No picture found Paradmete crymochara []	No picture found Paradmete curta []	No picture found Paradmete fragillima []
No picture found Paradmete percarinata []	No picture found Pusiolina veldhoveni []	No picture found Volutomitra bairdii []
No picture found Volutomitra bayeri []	No picture found Volutomitra erebus []	No picture found Volutomitra glabella []
No picture found Volutomitra groenlandica [False greenland miter]	No picture found Volutomitra persephone []	No picture found Volutomitra porcellana []
No picture found Volutomitra vaubani []	No picture found Volutomitra ziczac []

29 Species of Family Volutomitridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Conomitra caribbeana		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Conomitra leonardhilli		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL
Conomitra lindae		Western Central Atlantic	1 DL
Microvoluta amphissa		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta blakeana		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Microvoluta cryptomitra		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta cythara		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta dolichura		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta echinata		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta engonia		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta joloensis		Indo-West Pacific
Microvoluta mitrella		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta respergens		Western Central Pacific
Microvoluta royana		Southwest Pacific
Paradmete breidensis		Western Atlantic and Indi	1.15 DL
Paradmete crymochara		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.2 DL
Paradmete curta		Antarctic Indian Ocean	3 DL
Paradmete fragillima		Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean	2.42 DL
Paradmete percarinata		Western Atlantic and Indi	1.7 DL
Pusiolina veldhoveni		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Volutomitra bairdii		Western Central Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Volutomitra bayeri		Western Atlantic.	2.75 DL
Volutomitra erebus		Western Atlantic.	3.56 DL
Volutomitra glabella		Western Central Pacific
Volutomitra groenlandica	False greenland miter	Arctic and Western Atlant
Volutomitra persephone		Western Atlantic.	4.07 DL
Volutomitra porcellana		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Volutomitra vaubani		Western Central Pacific
Volutomitra ziczac		Western Central Pacific

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