Biology:Volva (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Volva
Five views of a shell of Volva volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Ovulinae
Genus:	Volva Röding, 1798
Species
See text
Synonyms
Birostra Swainson, 1840 Birostris Fabricius, 1823 Radius Montfort, 1810

Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.

Species

Species within the genus Volva include:

• Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931
• Volva habei Oyama, 1961
• Volva kilburni Cate, 1975
• Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810)
• Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)
• Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
• Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
• Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
• Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
• Volva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
• Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
• Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
• Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

Further reading

• "Volva ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=72832. 
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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