''Voluta'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of medium to large
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family
Volutidae
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Distribution
This family of sea s ...
, the volutes.
Species
Species in the genus ''Voluta'' include:
* †''
Voluta ambigua''
(Solander in Brander, 1766)
* ''
Voluta demarcoi''
Olsson, 1965
* ''
Voluta ebraea
''Voluta ebraea'', commonly known as the Hebrew volute, is a species of medium-sized carnivorous sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. It is endemic to the northern and northeastern coasts of Brazil, and ...
''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 РSwedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linn̩) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
* ''
Voluta ernesti''
(Petuch, 1990)
* ''
Voluta garciai''
(Petuch, 1981)
* †''
Voluta hamiltonensis''
Pritchard, 1898
* ''
Voluta harasewychi''
(Petuch, 1987)
* ''
Voluta hilli''
(Petuch, 1987)
* †''
Voluta hornesi''
Deshayes, 1865
* †''
Voluta intusdentata''
Cossmann, 1889
* †''
Voluta junghuhni''
K. Martin, 1879
* ''
Voluta kotorai''
(Petuch, 1981)
* †''
Voluta mitrata''
Deshayes, 1835
* †''
Voluta mitreola''
Lamarck, 1803
* ''
Voluta morrisoni''
(Petuch, 1980)
* ''
Voluta musica''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 РSwedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linn̩) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
* †''
Voluta musicalis''
Lamarck, 1803
* ''
Voluta polypleura''
Crosse, 1876
* †''
Voluta quinqueplicata''
Bayan, 1870
* ''
Voluta retemirabilis''
(Petuch, 1981)
* ''
Voluta sunderlandi''
(Petuch, 1987)
* †''
Voluta supplicata''
Traub, 1981
* ''
Voluta virescens''
Lightfoot, 1786
* †''
Voluta wateleti''
Deshayes, 1865
;''
Taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The ter ...
''
* ''Voluta cumingii''
Broderip, 1832
; Nomen dubium:
* †''Voluta corrugata''
Hutton, 1873
;Subgenera brought into synonymy:
* ''Voluta'' (''Callipara''): synonym of ''
Callipara
''Callipara'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Volutidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Callipara'':
* ''Callipara africana'' (Reeve, 1856)
* ''Call ...
''
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
''Odontocymbiola magellanica'', also known as the Magellan whelk or Magellan Venus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
It is the largest extant species of volute in the world, reaching up ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Voluta ancilla''
ightfoot 1786 : synonym of ''
Adelomelon ancilla''
( ightfoot 1786) (original combination)
* ''Voluta angulata''
(Swainson, 1821): synonym of ''
Zidona dufresnei''
(Donovan, 1823)
* ''Voluta colocynthis''
Dillwyn, 1817: synonym of ''
Pachycymbiola brasiliana
''Pachycymbiola brasiliana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. ...
''
(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
''Ericusa fulgetrum'', the lightning volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to ov ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
* ''Voluta fusiformis''
Kiener, 1839: synonym of ''
Adelomelon beckii
''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Description
The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch
A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an e ...
''
(Broderip, 1836)
* ''Voluta heteroclita''
Montagu, 1808: synonym of ''
Blauneria heteroclita''
(Montagu, 1808)
* ''Voluta hiatula''
Gmelin, 1791: synonym of ''
Agaronia hiatula
''Agaronia hiatula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Description
The shell is thin, with a raised spire and a large aperture, somewhat dilated at the base. The columellar folds are very ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Voluta junonia''
Lamarck, 1804: synonym of ''
Scaphella junonia
''Scaphella junonia'', common names the junonia, or Juno's volute, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
This species lives in water from 29 m to 126 m depth in the tropical Wester ...
''
(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
''Odontocymbiola magellanica'', also known as the Magellan whelk or Magellan Venus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
It is the largest extant species of volute in the world, reaching up ...
''
(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''
ightfoot 1786: synonym of ''
Cymbiola nobilis
''Cymbiola'' is a genus of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Cymbiola Swainson, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Acc ...
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( ightfoot 1786)
* ''Voluta oviformis''
Lahille, 1895: synonym of ''
Pachycymbiola ferussacii
''Pachycymbiola ferussacii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. ...
''
(Donovan, 1824)
* ''Voluta paradoxa''
Lahille, 1895: synonym of ''
Odontocymbiola magellanica
''Odontocymbiola magellanica'', also known as the Magellan whelk or Magellan Venus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
It is the largest extant species of volute in the world, reaching up ...
''
(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
''Odontocymbiola magellanica'', also known as the Magellan whelk or Magellan Venus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
It is the largest extant species of volute in the world, reaching up ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Voluta vespertilio''
Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of ''
Cymbiola vespertilio''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
File:WLA hmns Voluta ebraea.jpg, A shell of the Hebrew volute, ''Voluta ebraea
''Voluta ebraea'', commonly known as the Hebrew volute, is a species of medium-sized carnivorous sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. It is endemic to the northern and northeastern coasts of Brazil, and ...
''
File:WLA hmns Voluta demarcoi.jpg, A shell of the De Marcoi's volute, '' Voluta polypleura ''
File:WLA hmns Voluta virescens.jpg, A shell of the green music volute, '' Voluta virescens''
References
* Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. ''A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [book]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae, vol. 1, 824 ppMörch O.A.L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi [...]. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen] Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 ppGray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 15: 129-219.Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard. 7: 3-134Martens, E. von. (1881). Schlussbemerkung [über Voluta Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. 2(1-2): 127-128">¼ber Voluta">Martens, E. von. (1881). Schlussbemerkung
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