Voluta harasewychi

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

Voluta harasewychi
Shell of Voluta harasewychi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. harasewychi
Binomial name
Voluta harasewychi
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Falsilyria harasewychi Petuch, 1987
  • Voluta morrisoni harasewychi (Petuch, 1984)

Description

The length of the shell attains 49 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs is endemic to the north coast of Roatan Island, Honduras

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363486 on 2023-06-29
  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
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