Voluta virescens

Voluta virescens, common name the green music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Voluta virescens
A shell of Voluta virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Genus:
Voluta
Species:
V. virescens
Binomial name
Voluta virescens
Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]

Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811
Voluta pusio Swainson, 1823

Shell description

The maximum reported shell length for this species is 114 mm.[2]

Subspecies

Voluta virescens contains the following subspecies:[1]

  • Voluta virescens lindae (Petuch, 1987)
  • Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786

References
  1. Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
  2. "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786. 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.


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