Volegalea cochlidium

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Volegalea cochlidium
Pugilina cochlidium cochlidium 01.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Melongenidae
Genus:
Volegalea
Species:
V. cochlidium
Binomial name
Volegalea cochlidium
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms.[1]
  • Cantharus tribuloides Noodt, 1819
  • Hemifusus pugilinus (Born, 1778)
  • Murex cochlidium Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Murex pugilinus Born, 1778
  • Murex vespertilio Gmelin, 1791
  • Pugilina cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pugilina pugilina (Born, 1778)
  • Pyrula bucephala Lamarck, 1822
  • Pyrula cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) (previous combination)
  • Pyrula cochlidium var. coronata Kobelt, 1874
  • Pyrula fulva Deshayes, 1832
  • Semifusus cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Semifusus cochlidium diademata C. Bayer, 1952
  • Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938

Volegalea cochlidium, common name the spiral melongena, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Description[]

The size of the adult shell varies between 60 mm and 150 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and also off Southern India, in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines, Vietnam and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754350 on 2015-12-02
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systemae naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differetiis, synonymis, locis.v. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii 824 pp.
  • Iredale, T. 1938. A new name for an old shell. The Australian Zoologist 9: 172
  • Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
  • Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp.
  • 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.

External links[]

  • "Pugilina cochlidium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

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