Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Species Species in the genus Voluta include: † Voluta ambigua (Solander in Brander, 1766) Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965 Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758 Voluta ernesti (Petuch, 1990) Voluta garciai (Petuch, 1981) † Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898 Voluta harasewychi (Petuch, 1987) Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987) † Voluta hornesi Deshayes, 1865 † Voluta intusdentata Cossmann, 1889 † Voluta junghuhni K. Martin, 1879 Voluta kotorai (Petuch, 1981) † Voluta mitrata Deshayes, 1835 † Voluta mitreola Lamarck, 1803 Voluta morrisoni (Petuch, 1980) Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 † Voluta musicalis Lamarck, 1803 Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876 † Voluta quinqueplicata Bayan, 1870 Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981) Voluta sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) † Voluta supplicata Traub, 1981 Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786 † Voluta wateleti Deshayes, 1865
Taxon inquirendum Voluta cumingii Broderip, 1832 Nomen dubium † Voluta corrugata Hutton, 1873 Subgenera brought into synonymy Voluta (Callipara): synonym of Callipara Gray, 1847 Voluta (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817 Voluta (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871: synonym of Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871
Synonyms Voluta ambigua Lahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786 : synonym of Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (original combination) Voluta angulata (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823) Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817: synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811) Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871: synonym of Volutoconus coniformis (Cox, 1871) Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiola) cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta dohrni G.B. Sowerby III, 1903: synonym of Scaphella dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903) Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Voluta fusiformis Kiener, 1839: synonym of Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) Voluta heteroclita Montagu, 1808: synonym of Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808) Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta junonia Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) Voluta kreuslerae Angas, 1865: synonym of Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865) Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990: synonym of Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786 Voluta lapponica Linnaeus, 1767: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767) Voluta magellanica Chemnitz, 1788: synonym of Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) Voluta magellanica Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta mammilla G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Livonia mammilla (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) Voluta nivosa Lamarck, 1804: synonym of Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804) Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786: synonym of Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) Voluta oviformis Lahille, 1895: synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824) Voluta paradoxa Lahille, 1895: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta proboscidalis Lamarck, 1811: synonym of Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791) † Voluta showalteri Aldrich, 1886: synonym of † Euroscaphella showalteri (Aldrich, 1886) Voluta tuberculata Swainson, 1821: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
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