WoRMS taxon details
Volutopsius Mörch, 1857
AphiaID: 137715
AphiaID: 137715
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Strombella Gray, 1857 (Junior homonym of Strombella Schlüter, 1838.) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1857) Species Volutopsius fragilis (Dall, 1891) Species Volutopsius middendorffi (Dall, 1891) Species Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) Species Volutopsius pallidus Tiba, 1973 Species Volutopsius regularis Dall, 1873 Species Volutopsius trophonius Dall, 1902 Species Volutopsius deformis (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Pyrulofusus deformis (Reeve, 1847) Species Volutopsius diminutus Dall, 1919 accepted as Habevolutopsius hirasei (Pilsbry, 1907) Species Volutopsius hirasei Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Habevolutopsius hirasei (Pilsbry, 1907) Species Volutopsius norvegicus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) Species Volutopsius simplex Dall, 1907 accepted as Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1857) Species Volutopsius stefanssoni Dall, 1919 accepted as Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1857) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137715 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Volutopsius Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137715 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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