Voluta musicalis

Voluta musicalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Voluta musicalis
Shell of † Voluta musicalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. musicalis
Binomial name
Voluta musicalis
Lamarck, 1803
Synonyms[1]
  • Plejona musicalis (Lamarck, 1803)
  • Pseudaulicina musicalis (Lamarck, 1803)
  • Volutilithes musicalis (Lamarck, 1803)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Lutetian strata in France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta musicalis Lamarck, 1803 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1569483 on 2023-06-30
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1911 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 26-45
  • Le Renard (J.), 1992 - Notes de nomenclature sur quelques mollusques caractéristiques de l'Éocène du Bassin de Paris. Cossmanniana, t. 1, vol. 2–4, p. 1-14


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