Voluta ernesti

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

Voluta ernesti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. ernesti
Binomial name
Voluta ernesti
(Petuch, 1990)
Synonyms[1]

Falsilyria ernesti Petuch, 1990

Description

The length of the shell attains 54 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs between Punta Gorda, Honduras and the San Blas Islands, Caribbean coast of Panama

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta ernesti (Petuch, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363617 on 2023-06-29
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
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