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Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 
AphiaID: 394992

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]

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 Genus Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
Genus Saotomea Habe, 1943
Genus Tenebrincola Harasewych & Kantor, 1991

Genus Miopleiona Dall, 1907 accepted as Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871
Genus Musashia Hayashi, 1966 accepted as Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966
Environment marine
Distribution World Oceans [details]
Note  Diagnosis: Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth. Lateral cusps thickest along the lateral edge, broader and generally longer than the central cusps. Protoconch large or small, papilliform, often tilted on its vertical axis. Shell fusiform. Numerous irregular columellar plaits. Siphonal notch shallow. Fasciole absent. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394992
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2009-05-15 17:53:15Z  created  Bail, Patrice
  
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  Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394992 on 2013-05-23
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