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Volutopsius
Sign in to saveVolutopsius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyBuccinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 61
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Buccinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, SBMNH, CAS, CMN, UAM
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States, Canada
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- Parent taxon
- Buccinidae
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- Fusus norvegicus (Sowerby).jpg
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Volutopsius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
==Species== Species within the genus Volutopsius include: Volutopsius castaneus Volutopsius deformis (Reeve, 1847) Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) Volutopsius scotiae (Fraussen, McKay & Drewery, 2013)
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