Voluta ernesti is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Voluta ernesti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. ernesti
Binomial name
Voluta ernesti
(Petuch, 1990)
Synonyms[1]

Falsilyria ernesti Petuch, 1990

Description

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The length of the shell attains 54 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs between Punta Gorda, Honduras and the San Blas Islands, Caribbean coast of Panama

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta ernesti (Petuch, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363617 on 2023-06-29
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
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