Volva (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Ovulidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cypraeoidea Subfamily Ovulinae

Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.

Species

Species within the genus Volva include:

Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931

Volva habei Oyama, 1961

Volva kilburni Cate, 1975

Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810)

Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)

Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767)

Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)

Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)

Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

Volva haynesi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)

Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)

Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

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