''Volvulella'' is a genus of
gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
belonging to the family
Rhizoridae
Rhizoridae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs. These are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Bulloidea
Bulloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, or bubble snails, marine gast ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Volvulella acuminata''
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Volvulella angustata''
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Volvulella attenuata''
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Volvulella californica''
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Volvulella cannada''
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Volvulella catharia''
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Volvulella compacta''
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Volvulella cylichnoides''
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Volvulella cylindrella''
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Volvulella cylindrica''
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Volvulella cylindrica''
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Volvulella eburnea''
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Volvulella exilis''
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Volvulella flavotincta''
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Volvulella fortis''
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Volvulella fulmeniculum''
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Volvulella gluma''
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Volvulella ischnatracta''
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Volvulella joaquinensis''
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Volvulella kinokuniana''
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Volvulella lenis''
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Volvulella marwicki''
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Volvulella mecyntea''
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Volvulella micratracta''
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Volvulella minuta''
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Volvulella multistriata''
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Volvulella mutabilis''
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Volvulella nesentus''
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Volvulella onoae''
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Volvulella opalina''
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Volvulella ovulina''
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Volvulella panamica''
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Volvulella paupercula''
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Volvulella persimilis''
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Volvulella pia''
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Volvulella radiola''
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Volvulella reflexa''
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Volvulella rostrata''
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Volvulella sculpturata''
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Volvulella spectabilis''
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Volvulella striatula''
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Volvulella suavis''
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Volvulella sulcata''
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Volvulella texasiana''
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Volvulella tokunagai''
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Volvulella tragula''
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Volvulella tritica''
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Volvulella truncata''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3732200
Cephalaspidea
Taxa described in 1891