WoRMS taxon details
Volutifusus Conrad, 1863
AphiaID: 382288
AphiaID: 382288
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Scaphellinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Scaphellinae Gray, 1857 | |||||||
| 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] | Species Volutifusus aguayoi (Clench, 1940) Species Volutifusus piratica (Clench & Aguayo, 1940) Species Volutifusus torrei (Pilsbry, 1937) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Shell medium in size, fusiform to ovate-fusiform. Protoconch large, smooth with a projecting calcarella. Teleoconch covered by glaze. No periostracum. Columellar plaits absent. No color pattern. Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth. The central cusp is the widest, with the side cusps curving inward. [details] Distribution: Known only from waters off Cuba and the east coast of Florida. [details] Type species: Voluta mutabilis Conrad, 1834 (fossil) [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382288 | |||||||
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| Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Volutifusus Conrad, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382288 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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