Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.
Genera The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:Bouchet, P. & Kantor, Y. I. (2003) "New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae)". Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502. Conomitra Conrad, 1865 Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974 Microvoluta Angas, 1877 Paradmete Strebel, 1908 Peculator Iredale, 1924 Volutomitra H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
References
Further reading Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979