Voluta kotorai
Voluta kotorai is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
| Voluta kotorai | |
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| Shell of Voluta kotorai (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. kotorai |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Falsilyria kotorai Petuch, 1981 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 49 mm, its diameter 27 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Corn and San Andres Islands, Nicaragua, and Gorda, Roncador, Quitasueňo, and Serrana Banks.
References
- 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
- Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
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