Voluta

Voluta

The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat

Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Voluta Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms^[1]
Chlorosina Gray, 1858 Musica Gray, 1847 Plejona Röding, 1798 Volutarius Duméril, 1806 Volutolyria Crosse, 1877

Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Voluta include^[2]^[3]:

Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758
Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980)
Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876
Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786

Subgenera brought into synonymy

Voluta (Callipara) accepted as Callipara Gray, 1847
Voluta (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
Voluta (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871 accepted as Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871
Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871 : synonym of Volutoconus coniformis (Cox, 1871)
Voluta kreuslerae Angas, 1865 : synonym of Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865)

References

^ ^a ^b Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382264 on 2011-03-17
^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=656348. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
^ "Malacolog ver 4.1.1". Academy of Natural Sciences. http://www.malacolog.org/wasp.php?mode=taxon&target=Volutidae. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.