''Volema'' is a

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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

s in the

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Melongenidae The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: Worl ...

, the crown conches and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus ''Volema'' include: * ''

Volema myristica ''Volema'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. Species Species within the genus ''Volema'' include: * ''Volema myristica'' Röding, 1798 * ''Volema ...

'' Röding, 1798 * ''

Volema paradisiaca ''Volema paradisiaca'', common name : the Pear Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. This species may be a synonym of ''Volema pyrum''. Description The ...

'' Röding, 1798 * ''

Volema pyrum ''Volema pyrum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Bu ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Volema alouina'' Röding, 1798 : synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798) * ''Volema glacialis'' Röding, 1798 : synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798) * ''Volema pheata'' Röding, 1798 : synonym of ''

Rapana bezoar ''Rapana bezoar'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description Distribution References bezoar A bezoar is a mass often found trapped in the gastrointesti ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

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Melongenidae {{Melongenidae-stub