Volegalea

Volegalea
Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Volegalea
Iredale, 1938
Type species
Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938

Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Volegalea include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Volegalea Iredale, 1938. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2015-12-03


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