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Volva (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
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Cypraeoidea

Subfamily
  
Volva (gastropod)

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)
  • References

    Volva (gastropod) Wikipedia


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