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Voluta africana Reeve, 1856 
AphiaID: 382568

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Volutinae (Subfamily) > Volutini (Tribe) > Voluta (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (original combination)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
Rank Species
Parent Voluta Linnaeus, 1758
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]

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Subspecies Voluta africana beckeri Turton, 1932 accepted as Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
Subspecies Voluta africana ponderosa Turton, 1932 accepted as Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
Subspecies Voluta africana rietensis Turton, 1932 accepted as Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382568
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-02-11 11:56:38Z  created  Bail, Patrice
2009-04-24 16:07:28Z  changed  Bail, Patrice
2011-10-12 18:17:59Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2013). Voluta africana Reeve, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382568 on 2013-05-22
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