Biology:Volegalea
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
Volegalea | |
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Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Melongenidae |
Genus: | Volegalea Iredale, 1938 |
Type species | |
Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 |
Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Species
Species within the genus Volegalea include:
- Volegalea alforum Thach, 2021
- Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798)
- Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938: synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Volegalea Iredale, 1938. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2015-12-03
- Landau B. & Vermeij G.J. (2013) A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria 77(4-6): 89-95
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q22287047 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volegalea.
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