Volvatella
| Volvatella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Sacoglossa clade Oxynoacea |
| Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
| Family: | Volvatellidae |
| Genus: | Volvatella Pease, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Volvatella fragilis Pease, 1860 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Arthessa Evans, 1950 | |
Volvatella is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae. [1]
Species
Species within the genus Volvatella include:
- Volvatella angeliniana Ichikawa, 1993
- Volvatella australis Jensen, 1997
- Volvatella ayakii Hamatani, 1972
- Volvatella bermudae K.B. Clark, 1982
- Volvatella candida Pease, 1868
- Volvatella cincta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
- Volvatella elioti (Evans, 1950)
- Volvatella evansi (Kay, 1961)
- Volvatella ficula Burn, 1966
- Volvatella fragilis Pease, 1860
- Volvatella kawamurai Habe, 1946
- Volvatella laguncula G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
- Volvatella omega (Melvill, 1918)
- Volvatella pyriformis Pease, 1868
- Volvatella ventricosa Jensen & Wells, 1990
- Volvatella vigourouxi (Montrouzier, 1861)
- Volvatella viridis Hamatani, 1976
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Volvatella Pease, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204277 on 7 May 2011
- Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281
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