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Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786 
AphiaID: 382548

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Volutinae (Subfamily) > Volutini (Tribe) > Voluta (Genus) > Voluta virescens (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
Synonymised
taxa
  Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990
Sources  original description: Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co.. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=1341 [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]

Environment marine
Distribution Caribbean Sea [details]
Note  Distribution: Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382548
Taxonomic
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2009-02-10 18:46:16Z  created  Bail, Patrice
  
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  Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382548 on 2013-05-19
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