Volegalea
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Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Genus: | Volegalea Iredale, 1938
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Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 |
Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
Species[]
Species within the genus Volegalea include:
- (Röding, 1798)
- Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938: synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
References[]
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Volegalea Iredale, 1938. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2015-12-03
- Landau B. & Vermeij G.J. (2013) A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria 77(4-6): 89-95.
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Categories:
- Volegalea
- Melongenidae
- Hypsogastropoda stubs