Voluta hilli
| Voluta hilli | |
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| Shell of Voluta hilli (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. hilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta hilli is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 61.1 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic from the Gorda Bank to the Cajones and Bercero Cays, off Honduras.
References
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- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363614 on 2023-06-29
- Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
- Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197