Volvatella

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Volvatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
clade Oxynoacea
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Volvatella

Pease, 1860
Type species
Volvatella fragilis Pease, 1860
Synonyms[1]

Arthessa Evans, 1950

Volvatella is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Volvatella include:

  • Ichikawa, 1993
  • Jensen, 1997
  • Hamatani, 1972
  • K.B. Clark, 1982
  • Pease, 1868
  • G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
  • (Evans, 1950)
  • (Kay, 1961)
  • Burn, 1966
  • Pease, 1860
  • Habe, 1946
  • G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • (Melvill, 1918)
  • Pease, 1868
  • Jensen & Wells, 1990
  • (Montrouzier, 1861)
  • Hamatani, 1976

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Volvatella Pease, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204277 on 7 May 2011
  • Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281


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