Nataliavoluta nana

Nataliavoluta nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Nataliavoluta
Species:	N. nana
Binomial name
Nataliavoluta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)
Synonyms [1]
Athleta (Athleta) nana(Rehder & Weaver, 1974) Athleta nana(Rehder, 1974) superseded combination Volutocorbis nanaRehder & Weaver, 1974 (basionym)

Nataliavoluta nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20.6 mm and 23.5 mm.

Distribution

This marines species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

References

1. Nataliavoluta nana (Rehder & Weaver, 1974) . 18 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)
• Aiken R.P. (2010) Volutidae. pp. 314–333, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

Veldsman, S.G. & Veldsman, J.H. (V.). (2022). A taxonomic revision of the Volutidae of southern Africa, including the description of three new genera and several new species. Visaya. suppl. 17: 1-168.

External links

• Rehder, H.A. (1974). "Further comments on deepwater Volutidae from off southeast Africa, with description of two new species of Volutocorbis". The Veliger. 8 (2). Retrieved 18 November 2025.