Voluta retemirabilis

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

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

Description

The shell has a biconic shape, with notably colourful stripes and patches along the exterior, and ridges along the lip of the aperture. The length of the shell attains 49 mm, its diameter 27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Misteriosa Bank, between Belize and the Cayman Islands.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363612 on 2023-06-29

• Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197

External links

• Petuch E.J. (1981). A volutid species radiation from northern Honduras, with notes on the Honduran Caloosahatchian Secondary Relict Pocket. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94(4): 1110-1130