Voluta

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

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 taxony (Art. 20).)
  • Volutolyria Crosse, 1877

Species

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
  • Voluta ambigua Lahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786 : synonym of Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (original combination)
  • Voluta angulata (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823)
  • Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817: synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871: synonym of Volutoconus coniformis (Cox, 1871)
  • Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiola) cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta dohrni G.B. Sowerby III, 1903: synonym of Scaphella dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Voluta fusiformis Kiener, 1839: synonym of Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
  • Voluta heteroclita Montagu, 1808: synonym of Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808)
  • Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta junonia Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Voluta kreuslerae Angas, 1865: synonym of Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865)
  • Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990: synonym of Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786
  • Voluta lapponica Linnaeus, 1767: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Voluta magellanica Chemnitz, 1788: synonym of Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Voluta magellanica Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta mammilla G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
  • Voluta nivosa Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786: synonym of Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
  • Voluta oviformis Lahille, 1895: synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
  • Voluta paradoxa Lahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta proboscidalis Lamarck, 1811: synonym of Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
  • † Voluta showalteri Aldrich, 1886: synonym of † Euroscaphella showalteri (Aldrich, 1886)
  • Voluta tuberculata Swainson, 1821: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

References
  1. Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382264 on 2011-03-17
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. "Malacolog ver 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.


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