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

Voluta garciai
Shell of Voluta garciai (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. garciai
Binomial name
Voluta garciai
(Petuch, 1981)
Synonyms[1]

Falsilyria garciai Petuch, 1981

Description

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The length of the shell attains 71 mm, its diameter 34 mm. The shell's color is a light brown with black areas

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Gorda Bank to Trujillo Bay, Honduras.

References

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  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Voluta garciai (Petuch, 1981)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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