Microvoluta superstes is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm. The shell has an ovate-conical shape and is white in color. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Josephine seamount off Portugal.
References
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 Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae
External links Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213