Volva (gastropod)
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| Five views of a shell of Volva volva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Ovulinae |
| Genus: | Volva Röding, 1798 |
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Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Volva include:
- Volva brevirostris
- Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931
- Volva habei Oyama, 1961
- Volva kilburni Cate, 1975
- Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810)
- Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms:
- Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828) is a synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
References
- ^ WoRMS (2009). Volva Roding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225493 on 2010-05-19
Further reading
- "Volva ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
