Volegalea cochlidium

Volegalea cochlidium
Shell of Volegalea cochlidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Volegalea
Species:	V. cochlidium
Binomial name
Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms. [1]
Cantharus tribuloidesNoodt, 1819 Hemifusus pugilinus(Born, 1778) Murex cochlidiumLinnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Murex pugilinusBorn, 1778 Murex vespertilioGmelin, 1791 Pugilina cochlidium(Linnaeus, 1758) Pugilina pugilina(Born, 1778) Pyrula bucephalaLamarck, 1822 Pyrula cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) (previous combination) Pyrula cochlidium var. coronataKobelt, 1874 Pyrula fulvaDeshayes, 1832 Semifusus cochlidium(Linnaeus, 1758) Semifusus cochlidium diademataC. Bayer, 1952 Volegalea wardianaIredale, 1938

Volegalea cochlidium, common name the spiral melongena, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. ^[1]

Description

The size of the adult shell varies between 60 mm and 150 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and also off Southern India, in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines, Vietnam and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754350 on 2015-12-02

• Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
• Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp.
• Landau B. & Vermeij G.J. (2013) A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria 77(4-6): 89–95.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systemae naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differetiis, synonymis, locis.v. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii 824 pp.
• Lamarck, [J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp]
• Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere
• Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Deshayes, G. P. (1832-1833). Mollusques. In: Bélanger, C. (ed.) Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le nord de l'Europe, les provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Arménie et la Perse, suivi de détails topographiques, statistiques et autres sur le Pégou, les îles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap-de-Bonne-Espérance et Sainte-Hélène, pendant les années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Volume 2, Zoologie. pp. 403-440, 3 pls
• Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W. (1844-1880). Die Gattungen Pyrula und Fusus nebst Ficula, Bulbus, Tudicla, Busycon, Neptunea und Euthria. Systematisches Conhylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed.2, 3(3b): 1-247, pls 1-68, 14a. Published in parts: pls 16, 19
• Iredale, T. 1938. A new name for an old shell. The Australian Zoologist 9: 172
• Noodt, J. (1819). Museum Boltenianum: Verzeichnis der von dem gestorbenen J. F. Bolten... hinterlassenen vortrefflichen Sammlung Conchylien, Mineralien und Kunstsachen die am 26. April d.J., Morgens um 10 Uhr öffentlich verkauft werden sollen durch den Makler J. Noodt. Conrad Müller, Hamburg, pp. vi + 156, 4 pls
• "Pugilina cochlidium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.