Voluta

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Scientific name Voluta Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Family Volutidae Higher classification Volutini

Similar Volutidae, Gastropods, Voluta musica, Molluscs, Cymbiola

Voluta nobilis

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

Species in the genus Voluta include:

Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758

Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980)

Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758

Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876

Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786

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

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 hiatula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)

Voluta kreuslerae Angas, 1865: synonym of Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865)

Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990: synonym of Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786

Voluta mammilla G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)

Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)

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