Voluta

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Voluta
Voluta ebraea THELMA DIAS 01(pode usar).JPG
The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat
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Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Iredale, 1938
Type species
Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [1]
  • ChlorosinaGray, 1858
  • HarpulaSwainson, 1831
  • MusicaGray, 1847
  • PlejonaRöding, 1798
  • Scaphella (Voluta)Linnaeus (unaccepted combination)
  • VespertilioMörch, 1852 (invalid: junior homonym of VespertilioLinnaeus, 1758 [Mammalia] and junior objective synonym of ScaphaGray, 1847)
  • VolutariusDuméril, 1806
  • VolutitesSchlotheim, 1813 (invalid: established for fossils of Voluta to distinguish them from extant members of that taxony (Art. 20).)
  • VolutolyriaCrosse, 1877

Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

Contents

Species

Species in the genus Voluta include: [2] [3]

Taxon inquirendum
Nomen dubium
Subgenera brought into synonymy

Synonyms

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References

  1. 1 2 Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382264 on 2011-03-17
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)" . Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. "Malacolog ver 4.1.1". Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 2009-09-26.