Voluta polypleura

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Voluta polypleura
WLA hmns Voluta demarcoi.jpg
A shell of Voluta polypleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Genus:
Voluta
Species:
V. polypleura
Binomial name
Voluta polypleura
Crosse, 1876
Synonyms[1]

Falsilyria bruneocincta Petuch, 2001
Falsilyria ernesti Petuch, 1990
Falsilyria garciai Petuch, 1981
Falsilyria garifuna Petuch, 200?
Falsilyria hennequini Petuch, 1998
Falsilyria hilli Petuch, 1987
Falsilyria kotorai Petuch, 1981
Falsilyria sunderlandi Petuch, 1987
Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965

Voluta polypleura is a species of medium-sized sea snail and a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae. It has the common name of De Marcoi's volute.

Shell description[]

The maximum reported shell length for this species is 108 mm.[2]

Subspecies[]

Voluta polypleura contains the following subspecies:[1]

  • Voluta polypleura polypleura (Crosse, 1876).
  • Voluta polypleura retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981).

References[]

  1. ^ a b Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

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