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Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 23141

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Muricoidea
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Amoriinae Gray, 1857
  » Tribe Amoriini Gray, 1857
» Tribe Meloini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
» Tribe Notovolutini Bail & Poppe, 2001
Subfamily Athletinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  » Genus Athleta Conrad, 1853
» Genus Volutilithes Swainson, 1831 †
» Genus Volutocorbis Dall, 1890 accepted as Athleta Conrad, 1853
Subfamily Calliotectinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  » Genus Calliotectum Dall, 1890
» Genus Fusivoluta Martens, 1902
» Genus Neptuneopsis Sowerby III, 1898
» Genus Howellia Clench & Aguayo, 1941 accepted as Calliotectum Dall, 1890
» Genus Prodallia Bartsch, 1942 accepted as Calliotectum Dall, 1890
» Genus Teramachia Kuroda, 1931 accepted as Calliotectum Dall, 1890
Subfamily Cymbiinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)
  » Tribe Adelomelonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
» Tribe Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
» Tribe Cymbiini H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)
» Tribe Livoniini Bail & Poppe, 2001
» Tribe Odontocymbiolini Clench & Turner, 1964
» Tribe Zidonini H. & A. Adams, 1853
Subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  » Genus Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
» Genus Saotomea Habe, 1943
» Genus Tenebrincola Harasewych & Kantor, 1991
» Genus Miopleiona Dall, 1907 accepted as Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871
» Genus Musashia Hayashi, 1966 accepted as Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966
Subfamily Plicolivinae Bouchet, 1990
  » Genus Plicoliva Petuch, 1979
Subfamily Scaphellinae Gray, 1857
  » Genus Ampulla Röding, 1798
» Genus Scaphella Swainson, 1832
» Genus Volutifusus Conrad, 1863
» Genus Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
» Genus Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
» Genus Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
» Genus Halia Risso, 1829 accepted as Ampulla Röding, 1798
» Genus Maculopeplum Dall, 1906 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
» Genus Priamus Beck, 1838 accepted as Ampulla Röding, 1798
» Genus Rehderia Clench, 1946 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Subfamily Volutinae Rafinesque, 1815
  » Tribe Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
» Tribe Volutini Rafinesque, 1815

Subfamily Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995 accepted as Meloini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Environment marine
Distribution World Oceans [details]
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23141
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-02-02 11:06:43Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2009-02-04 08:47:21Z  changed  Bail, Patrice
2009-08-14 07:25:27Z  changed  db_admin
2011-03-20 15:24:09Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bail, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Volutidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23141 on 2013-05-22
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