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. 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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