Voluta

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{automatic taxobox

|image = Voluta ebraea THELMA DIAS 01(pode usar).JPG

|image_caption = The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat

|image2 = Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 2013 000.JPG

|image2_caption = Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica

|taxon = Voluta

|authority = Iredale, 1938

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|synonyms=

  • Chlorosina Gray, 1858
  • Harpula Swainson, 1831
  • Musica Gray, 1847
  • Plejona Röding, 1798
  • Scaphella (Voluta) Linnaeus (unaccepted combination)
  • Vespertilio Mörch, 1852 (invalid: junior homonym of Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 [Mammalia] and junior objective synonym of Scapha Gray, 1847)
  • Volutarius Duméril, 1806
  • Volutites Schlotheim, 1813 (invalid: established for fossils of Voluta to distinguish them from extant members of that taxon (Art. 20).)
  • Volutolyria Crosse, 1877

|type_species= Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758

|display_parents= 3

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Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{cite WoRMS|author=Bouchet, Philippe|year=201|title=Voluta Linnaeus, 1758|id=382264|access-date=2011-03-17}}

Species

Species in the genus Voluta include:{{ITIS |id=656348 |taxon=Voluta |access-date=2009-09-26}}{{cite web |url=http://www.malacolog.org/wasp.php?mode=taxon&target=Volutidae |title=Volutidae |website=Malacolog |version= Version 4.1.1|publisher=Academy of Natural Sciences|access-date=2009-09-26}}

;Taxon inquirendum

  • Voluta cumingii Broderip, 1832

; Nomen dubium:

  • Voluta corrugata Hutton, 1873

;Subgenera brought into synonymy:

  • Voluta (Callipara): synonym of Callipara Gray, 1847
  • Voluta (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
  • Voluta (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871: synonym of Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871

Synonyms

File:WLA hmns Voluta ebraea.jpg|A shell of the Hebrew volute, Voluta ebraea

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

{{Reflist}}

  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.