Jump to content

Voluta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voluta
The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat
Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Chlorosina Gray, 1858
  • Harpula Swainson, 1831
  • Musica Gray, 1847
  • Plejona Röding, 1798
  • Scaphella (Voluta) Linnaeus (unaccepted combination)
  • Vespertilio Mörch, 1852 (invalid: junior homonym of Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 [Mammalia] and junior objective synonym of Scapha Gray, 1847)
  • Volutarius Duméril, 1806
  • Volutites Schlotheim, 1813 (invalid: established for fossils of Voluta to distinguish them from extant members of that taxon (Art. 20).)
  • Volutolyria Crosse, 1877

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

Species

[edit]

Species in the genus Voluta include:[2][3]

Taxon inquirendum
  • Voluta cumingii Broderip, 1832
Nomen dubium
  • Voluta corrugata Hutton, 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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b 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. 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.
[edit]