Voluta

Voluta
The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat
Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica
Scientific classification
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 taxon (Art. 20).) VolutolyriaCrosse, 1877

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

Species

Species in the genus Voluta include: ^{[2] [3]}

• † Voluta ambigua (Solander in Brander, 1766)
• Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965
• Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758
• Voluta ernesti (Petuch, 1990)
• Voluta garciai (Petuch, 1981)
• † Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898
• Voluta harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)
• Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987)
• † Voluta hornesi Deshayes, 1865
• † Voluta intusdentata Cossmann, 1889
• † Voluta junghuhni K. Martin, 1879
• Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981)
• † Voluta mitrata Deshayes, 1835
• † Voluta mitreola Lamarck, 1803
• Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980)
• Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
• † Voluta musicalis Lamarck, 1803
• Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876
• † Voluta quinqueplicata Bayan, 1870
• Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981)
• Voluta sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987)
• † Voluta supplicata Traub, 1981
• Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
• † Voluta wateleti Deshayes, 1865

Taxon inquirendum

• Voluta cumingiiBroderip, 1832

Nomen dubium

• † Voluta corrugataHutton, 1873

Subgenera brought into synonymy

• Voluta (Callipara): synonym of Callipara Gray, 1847
• Voluta (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
• Voluta (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871: synonym of Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871

Synonyms

• Voluta ambiguaLahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta ancilla[Lightfoot], 1786 : synonym of Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (original combination)
• Voluta angulata(Swainson, 1821): synonym of Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823)
• Voluta colocynthisDillwyn, 1817: synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
• Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871: synonym of Volutoconus coniformis (Cox, 1871)
• Voluta cymbiolaGmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiola) cymbiola(Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta dohrniG.B. Sowerby III, 1903: synonym of Scaphella dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
• Voluta fulgetrumG. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Voluta fusiformisKiener, 1839: synonym of Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
• Voluta heteroclitaMontagu, 1808: synonym of Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808)
• Voluta hiatulaGmelin, 1791: synonym of Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta junoniaLamarck, 1804: synonym of Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804)
• Voluta kreusleraeAngas, 1865: synonym of Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865)
• Voluta lacertinaPetuch, 1990: synonym of Voluta virescens virescensLightfoot, 1786
• Voluta lapponicaLinnaeus, 1767: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Voluta magellanicaChemnitz, 1788: synonym of Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Voluta magellanicaGmelin, 1791: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta mammillaG.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
• Voluta nivosaLamarck, 1804: synonym of Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)
• Voluta nobilis[Lightfoot], 1786: synonym of Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
• Voluta oviformisLahille, 1895: synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
• Voluta paradoxaLahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta proboscidalisLamarck, 1811: synonym of Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta rhinocerosGmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
• † Voluta showalteriAldrich, 1886: synonym of † Euroscaphella showalteri (Aldrich, 1886)
• Voluta tuberculataSwainson, 1821: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
• Voluta vespertilioLinnaeus, 1758: synonym of Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

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  A shell of the Hebrew volute, Voluta ebraea
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  A shell of the De Marcoi's volute, Voluta polypleura
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  A shell of the green music volute, Voluta virescens

References

1. Bouchet, Philippe (201). "Voluta Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2011-03-17.
2. "Voluta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2009-09-26.
3. "Volutidae". Malacolog. Version 4.1.1. Academy of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [book]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae, vol. 1, 824 pp
• Mörch O.A.L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi [...]. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen&#93
• Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp
• Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219.
• Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard. 7: 3-134
• Martens, E. von. (1881). Schlussbemerkung [über Voluta. Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. 2(1-2): 127-128]