WoRMS name details
Volvular [sic]
1844977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1844977)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Volvula A. Adams, 1850 accepted as Volvulella R. B. Newton, 1891
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Volvula A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 558 [details]
page(s): 558 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Volvular [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1844977 on 2026-02-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Volvula A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 558 [details]
basis of record Yamakawa, G. (1911). Descriptions of some fossil Opisthobranchia from the diluvial deposits of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Tōkyō.</em> 18(212): 38-45; 47-52, pls 10-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.18.212_47
page(s): 50 [details]
page(s): 558 [details]
basis of record Yamakawa, G. (1911). Descriptions of some fossil Opisthobranchia from the diluvial deposits of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Tōkyō.</em> 18(212): 38-45; 47-52, pls 10-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.18.212_47
page(s): 50 [details]
