Fulgoraria megaspira | |
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Shell of Fulgoraria megaspira (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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Fulgoraria megaspira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
The length of the shell attains 103 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Japan.
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