Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Volegalea Iredale, 1938. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2015-12-03
Distribution This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Species Species within the genus Volegalea include: Volegalea alforum Thach, 2021 Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798) Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007) Species brought into synonymy Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938: synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
Landau B. & Vermeij G.J. (2013) A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria 77(4-6): 89-95
External links
Iredale, T. (1938). A new name for an old shell. The Australian Zoologist. 9(2): 172