Voluta
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| The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat | |
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| 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 |
| Type species | |
| Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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): synonym of Callipara Gray, 1847
- Voluta (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
- Voluta (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871: synonym of Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871
- Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871: synonym of Volutoconus coniformis (Cox, 1871)
- Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiola) cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)
- Voluta dohrni G.B. Sowerby III, 1903: synonym of Scaphella dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
- Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Voluta kreuslerae Angas, 1865: synonym of Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865)
- Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990: synonym of Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786
- Voluta mammilla G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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A shell of the Hebrew volute, Voluta ebraea
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A shell of the De Marcoi's volute, Voluta polypleura
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A shell of the green music volute, Voluta virescens
References
- 1 2 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)". Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ↑ "Malacolog ver 4.1.1". Academy of Natural Sciences. 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.
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