Voluta virescens
| Voluta virescens | |
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| A shell of Voluta virescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811 | |
Voluta virescens, common name the green music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Shell description
The maximum reported shell length for this species is 114 mm.[2]
Subspecies
Voluta virescens contains the following subspecies:[1]
- Voluta virescens lindae (Petuch, 1987)
- Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786
References
- 1 2 Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- ↑ "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786. 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
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