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Voluta

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

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
  3. OrderNeogastropoda
  4. FamilyVolutidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
489
With media
72
Family
Volutidae
Collections
FMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, IGL-UNAM, YPM, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, Honduras, Mexico, Uruguay, United Kingdom, South Africa, Peru, Australia

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

==Species== Species in the genus Voluta include: † Voluta ambigua (Solander in Brander, 1766) Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965 Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758 Voluta ernesti (Petuch, 1990) Voluta garciai (Petuch, 1981) † Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898 Voluta harasewychi (Petuch, 1987) Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987) † Voluta hornesi Deshayes, 1865 † Voluta intusdentata Cossmann, 1889 † Voluta junghuhni K. Martin, 1879 Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981) † Voluta mitrata Deshayes, 1835 † Voluta mitreola Lamarck, 1803 Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980) Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 † Voluta musicalis Lamarck, 1803 Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876 † Voluta quinqueplicata Bayan, 1870 Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981) Voluta sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) † Voluta supplicata Traub, 1981 Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786 † Voluta wateleti Deshayes, 1865 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

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