Voluta harasewychi

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Voluta harasewychi
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Shell of Voluta harasewychi (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. harasewychi
Binomial name
Voluta harasewychi
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms [1]
  • Falsilyria harasewychiPetuch, 1987
  • Voluta morrisoni harasewychi(Petuch, 1984)

Voluta harasewychi 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 49 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs is endemic to the north coast of Roatan Island, Honduras

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363486 on 2023-06-29