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 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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| Genus: | Voluta |
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| Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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]
- (Solander in Brander, 1766)
- Olsson, 1965
- Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758
- (Petuch, 1990)
- (Petuch, 1981)
- (Petuch, 1987)
- (Petuch, 1987)
- (Petuch, 1981)
- Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980)
- Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
- Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876
- (Petuch, 1981)
- (Petuch, 1987)
- Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
- Voluta cumingii Broderip, 1832
- Nomen dubium
- † Voluta corrugata Hutton, 1873
- 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
- Species brought into synonymy
- 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 heteroclita Montagu, 1808: synonym of (Montagu, 1808)
- 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 lapponica Linnaeus, 1767: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Voluta mammilla G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Voluta nivosa Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)
- Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
A shell of the Hebrew volute, Voluta ebraea
A shell of the De Marcoi's volute, Voluta polypleura
A shell of the green music volute, Voluta virescens
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)". 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.
External links[]
- innaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [book]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae, vol. 1, 824 pp
- Mörch O.A.L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi [...]. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]:
- Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219.
Categories:
- Volutidae
- Volutidae stubs