''Voluta'' is a

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of medium to large

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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 snails ...

, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382264 on 2011-03-17

Species

Species in the genus ''Voluta'' include: * ''

Voluta ambigua ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Solander in Brander, 1766) * ''

Voluta demarcoi ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' Olsson, 1965 * ''

Voluta ebraea ''Voluta ebraea'', common name the Hebrew volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The Hebrew volute is endemic to Brazil, where it is collected both for food and for its sh ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

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Voluta ernesti ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1990) * ''

Voluta garciai ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1981) * ''

Voluta harasewychi ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1987) * ''

Voluta hilli ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1987) * ''

Voluta kotorai ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1981) * ''

Voluta morrisoni ''Voluta morrisoni'' 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. They are mar ...

'' (Petuch, 1980) * ''

Voluta musica ''Voluta musica'', common name the music volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. Synonyms * ''Voluta carneolata'' Lamarck, 1811 * ''Voluta chorea'' Röding, 1798 * ''Voluta confus ...

* ''

Voluta polypleura ''Voluta polypleura'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail and 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 m ...

'' Crosse, 1876 * ''

Voluta retemirabilis ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1981) * ''

Voluta sunderlandi ''Voluta'' is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Bail, P. (2010). Voluta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' (Petuch, 1987) * ''

Voluta virescens ''Voluta virescens'', common name the green music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae ''Volutidae'', common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that rang ...

'' Lightfoot, 1786 ;''

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 term t ...

'' * ''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 gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Callipara'': * '' Callipara africana'' (Reeve, 1856) * '' Callipara aikeni'' Veldsman, 2012 * ...

'' Gray, 1847 * ''Voluta'' (''Fulgoraria'') Schumacher, 1817: synonym of '' Fulgoraria'' Schumacher, 1817 * ''Voluta'' (''Psephaea'') Crosse, 1871: synonym of ''Fulgoraria'' (''Psephaea'') Crosse, 1871 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''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 ''Scaphella dohrni'', commonly known as the Dohrn's volute is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and off Florida ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903) * ''Voluta heteroclita'' Montagu, 1808: synonym of '' Blauneria heteroclita'' (Montagu, 1808) * ''Voluta hiatula'' Gmelin, 1791: synonym of '' Agaronia hiatula'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''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 mammilla'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of '' Livonia mammilla'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Voluta nivosa'' Lamarck, 1804: synonym of ''

Cymbiola nivosa ''Cymbiola nivosa'' 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. They are ma ...

'' (Lamarck, 1804) * ''Voluta rhinoceros'' Gmelin, 1791: synonym of '' Vasum rhinoceros'' (Gmelin, 1791) File:WLA hmns Voluta ebraea.jpg, A shell of the Hebrew volute, ''

'' File:WLA hmns Voluta demarcoi.jpg, A shell of the De Marcoi's volute, ''

'' File:WLA hmns Voluta virescens.jpg, A shell of the green music volute, ''

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

innaeus, 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 pp

Mörch 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]:

Gray 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.
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