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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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[1]
  • 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]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe (201). "Voluta Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-03-17.