Volutopsius

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image_caption = Volutopsius norwegicus shell

| taxon = Volutopsius

| authority = Mörch, 1857{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

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Volutopsius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.{{WRMS species|137715|Volutopsius Mörch, 1857||17 April 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Volutopsius include:

  • Volutopsius castaneus {{WRMS species|254481|Volutopsius castaneus ||17 April 2010}}
  • Volutopsius deformis (Reeve, 1847){{WRMS species|138937|Volutopsius deformis (Reeve, 1847)||17 April 2010}}
  • Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|138938|Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)||17 April 2010}}
  • Volutopsius scotiae (Fraussen, McKay & Drewery, 2013) Bouchet, P. (2013). Volutopsius scotiae Fraussen, McKay & Drewery, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745041 on 2017-08-25

References

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Category:Buccinidae

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