Voluta garciai

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Voluta garciai
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Shell of Voluta garciai (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. garciai
Binomial name
Voluta garciai
(Petuch, 1981)
Synonyms [1]

Falsilyria garciaiPetuch, 1981

Voluta garciai is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 71 mm, its diameter 34 mm. The shell's color is a light brown with black areas

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gorda Bank to Trujillo Bay, Honduras.

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References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Voluta garciai (Petuch, 1981)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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