Voluta

Voluta
	The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat
	Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Volutinae
Genus:	Voluta; Iredale, 1938
Type species
	Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758;
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;

Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Voluta include:^[2]^[3]

† Voluta ambigua (Solander in Brander, 1766)
Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965
Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758
Voluta ernesti (Petuch, 1990)
Voluta garciai (Petuch, 1981)
† Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898
Voluta harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)
Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987)
† Voluta hornesi Deshayes, 1865
† Voluta intusdentata Cossmann, 1889
† Voluta junghuhni K. Martin, 1879
Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981)
† Voluta mitrata Deshayes, 1835
† Voluta mitreola Lamarck, 1803
Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980)
Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
† Voluta musicalis Lamarck, 1803
Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876
† Voluta quinqueplicata Bayan, 1870
Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981)
Voluta sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987)
† Voluta supplicata Traub, 1981
Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
† Voluta wateleti Deshayes, 1865

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

Voluta ambigua Lahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786 : synonym of Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (original combination)
Voluta angulata (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823)
Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817: synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
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 (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Voluta fusiformis Kiener, 1839: synonym of Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
Voluta heteroclita Montagu, 1808: synonym of Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808)
Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)
Voluta junonia Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804)
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 magellanica Chemnitz, 1788: synonym of Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
Voluta magellanica Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Voluta mammilla G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Voluta nivosa Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)
Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786: synonym of Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Voluta oviformis Lahille, 1895: synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
Voluta paradoxa Lahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Voluta proboscidalis Lamarck, 1811: synonym of Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)
Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
† Voluta showalteri Aldrich, 1886: synonym of † Euroscaphella showalteri (Aldrich, 1886)
Voluta tuberculata Swainson, 1821: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

A shell of the Hebrew volute, Voluta ebraea
A shell of the De Marcoi's volute, Voluta polypleura
A shell of the green music volute, Voluta virescens

References

1 2 Bouchet, Philippe (201). "Voluta Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
↑ "Voluta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Volutidae". Malacolog. Version 4.1.1. Academy of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

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

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe (201). "Voluta Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

[ITIS-2] "Voluta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

[Malacolog-3] "Volutidae". Malacolog. Version 4.1.1. Academy of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

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