Volutoconus coniformis

Volutoconus coniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Amoriinae
Genus: Volutoconus
Species: V. coniformis
Binomial name
Volutoconus coniformis
(Cox, 1871)
Synonyms[1]

Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871 (basionym)

Volutoconus coniformis, common name : the Cone-shaped Volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Coral Sea along Northwest Australia.

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