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Volvatellidae Pilsbry, 1895 
AphiaID: 23143

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Oxynoacea (Suborder) > Oxynooidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Oxynooidea
Synonymised
taxa		  Arthessidae C. R. Boettger, 1963
 Ascobullidae Habe, Okutani & Nishiwaki, 1994
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

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taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Ascobulla Ev. Marcus, 1972
  » Species Ascobulla californica (Hamatani, 1971)
» Species Ascobulla fischeri (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
» Species Ascobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856)
» Species Ascobulla japonica (Hamatani, 1969)
» Species Ascobulla pusilla (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
» Species Ascobulla souverbiei (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874)
» Species Ascobulla ulla (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970)
Genus Volvatella Pease, 1860
  » Species Volvatella angeliniana Ichikawa, 1993
» Species Volvatella australis Jensen, 1997
» Species Volvatella ayakii Hamatani, 1972
» Species Volvatella bermudae K. B. Clark, 1982
» Species Volvatella candida Pease, 1868
» Species Volvatella cincta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
» Species Volvatella cumingii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1850)
» Species Volvatella elioti (Evans, 1950)
» Species Volvatella evansi (Kay, 1961)
» Species Volvatella ficula Burn, 1966
» Species Volvatella fragilis Pease, 1860
» Species Volvatella kawamurai Habe, 1946
» Species Volvatella laguncula G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
» Species Volvatella omega (Melvill, 1918)
» Species Volvatella pyriformis Pease, 1868
» Species Volvatella ventricosa Jensen & Wells, 1990
» Species Volvatella vigourouxi (Montrouzier, 1861)
» Species Volvatella viridis Hamatani, 1976

Genus Arthessa Evans, 1950 accepted as Volvatella Pease, 1860
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23143
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2007-06-21 07:04:49Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2009-08-14 09:49:04Z  changed  db_admin
2011-05-05 21:00:09Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Volvatellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23143 on 2013-05-24
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