WoRMS taxon details
Volutinae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 382262
AphiaID: 382262
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Subfamily | |||||||
| Parent | Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||
| Source |
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] | Tribe Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 Tribe Volutini Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Head bilobed with triangular lobes posterior to the eyes. Siphonal appendages unequal with the left longer and flatter, right appendage occasionally absent. Tubular salivary gland of the anterior digestive system usually short and free from the racemose salivary gland. Pattern with spiral lines ending in black nodules on the outer lip. Horny operculum always present. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382262 | |||||||
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| Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Volutinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382262 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||
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