Fulgoraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Description The shell is oblong and fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The apex is large, smooth and papillary. The whorls are longitudinally plicate and transversely striated. The body whorl is anteriorly contracted and acuminated. The aperture is elongated. The columella is sharp anteriorly, with from six to ten oblique plaits, the middle plaits are the largest. The outer lip is thickened, with the margin more or less crenate.Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
Species Species within the genus Fulgoraria include: Subgenus Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817 Fulgoraria alforum Thach, 2014 Fulgoraria allanlimpusi Thach & Bail, 2018 Fulgoraria baili Thach, 2018 Fulgoraria bailorum Thach, 2014 Fulgoraria callomoni Thach, 2015 Fulgoraria ericarum Douté, 1997 Fulgoraria hamillei (Crosse, 1869) Fulgoraria hitoshiikedai Thach & Bail, 2018 Fulgoraria humerosa Rehder, 1969 Fulgoraria kaoae Bail, 2008 Fulgoraria leviuscula Rehder, 1969 Fulgoraria limpusi Thach, 2020 Fulgoraria ngai Thach, 2020 Fulgoraria ngocngai Bail & Thach, 2017 Fulgoraria patricebaili Thach, 2017 Fulgoraria phanhayi Thach, 2020 Fulgoraria philippsi Thach, 2016 Fulgoraria rupestris (Gmelin, 1791) Subgenus Fulgoraria (Kurodina) Rehder, 1969 Fulgoraria smithi (Sowerby III, 1901) Subgenus Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966 Fulgoraria allaryi Bail, 2005 Fulgoraria cancellata Kuroda & Habe, 1950 Fulgoraria carnicolor Bail & Chino, 2010 Fulgoraria chinoi Bail, 2000 Fulgoraria clara (Sowerby III, 1914) Fulgoraria formosana Azuma, 1967 Fulgoraria hirasei (Sowerby III, 1912) Fulgoraria noguchii Hayashi, 1960 Subgenus Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) Shikama, 1967 Fulgoraria elongata Shikama, 1962 Fulgoraria megaspira (Sowerby I, 1844) Subgenus Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871 Fulgoraria concinna (Broderip, 1836) Fulgoraria daviesi (Fulton, 1938) Fulgoraria kamakurensis Okuta, 1949 Fulgoraria kaneko Hirase, 1922 Fulgoraria mentiens (Fulton, 1940)
Species brought into synonymy Fulgoraria delicata (Fulton, 1940): synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) delicata (Fulton, 1940) Fulgoraria minima Bondarev, 1994: synonym of Saotomea (Bondarevia) minima (Bondarev, 1994) Fulgoraria pratasensis Lan, 1997: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis Lan, 1997 Fulgoraria solida Bail & Chino, 2000: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) solida (Bail & Chino, 2000)
References
Bail, P., Chino, M. & Terryn, Y. (2010). The Family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. A revision of the recent species. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 74 pp., 64 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, .