Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.WoRMS (2009). Volva Roding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225493 on 2010-05-19
Species Species within the genus Volva include: Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931 Volva habei Oyama, 1961 Volva kilburni Cate, 1975 Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810) Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811) Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854) Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767) Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817) Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969) Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854) Volva haynesi (Sowerby III, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865) Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758) Volva longirostrata (Sowerby II, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854) Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
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Further reading
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979