Volvatella

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Volvatella angeliniana.jpg

| image_caption = Volvatella angeliniana

| taxon = Volvatella

| authority = Pease, 1860

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| Arthessa | Evans, 1950

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| type_species = Volvatella fragilis

| type_species_authority = Pease, 1860

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Volvatella is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Volvatella Pease, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204277 on 7 May 2011

Species

Species within the genus Volvatella include:

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| Volvatella angeliniana | Ichikawa, 1993

| Volvatella australis | Jensen, 1997

| Volvatella ayakii | Hamatani, 1972

| Volvatella bermudae | K.B. Clark, 1982

| Volvatella candida | Pease, 1868

| Volvatella cincta | G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869

| Volvatella elioti | (Evans, 1950)

| Volvatella evansi | (Kay, 1961)

| Volvatella ficula | Burn, 1966

| Volvatella fragilis | Pease, 1860

| Volvatella kawamurai | Habe, 1946

| Volvatella laguncula | G.B. Sowerby III, 1894

| Volvatella omega | (Melvill, 1918)

| Volvatella pyriformis | Pease, 1868

| Volvatella ventricosa | Jensen & Wells, 1990

| Volvatella vigourouxi | (Montrouzier, 1861)

| Volvatella viridis | Hamatani, 1976

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References

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  • Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281

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Category:Volvatellidae

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