Volegalea

Updated on Jan 01, 2025

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Melongenidae Rank Genus

Similar Volegalea cochlidium, Pugilina, Hemifusus, Melongenidae, Melongena

Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Volegalea include:

Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798)

Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)

Species brought into synonymy

Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938: synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)

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