Voluta demarcoi | |
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Shell of Voluta demarcoi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Subfamily: | Volutinae |
Genus: | Voluta |
Species: | V. demarcoi |
Binomial name | |
Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965 | |
Voluta demarcoi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 79 mm and 84.6 mm.
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This marine species occurs from Cabo Camaron, Honduras to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
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