Fulgoraria megaspira

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Fulgoraria megaspira
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.225063.1 - Fulgoraria megaspira magna Kuroda & Habe, 1950 - Volutidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Fulgoraria megaspira (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Fulgoraria
Subgenus: Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon)
Species:
F. megaspira
Binomial name
Fulgoraria megaspira
(Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) exoptandaShikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira(G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira megaspira(G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira megaspira f. exoptandaShikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira megaspira var. angulosaShikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria amabilisShikama & Watanabe, 1970
  • Fulgoraria angulosa(Shikama, 1967)
  • Fulgoraria borealisMasuda,1990
  • Fulgoraria elongataShikama, 1962
  • Fulgoraria exoptandaShikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria salebrosaShikama, 1967
  • Musashia (Nipponomelon) angulosaShikama, 1967
  • Voluta megaspiraG. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (original combination)

Fulgoraria megaspira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell attains 103 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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