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genus

Volvulella Newton, 1891

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs » family Rhizoridae

Scientific synonyms

Cylichna (Volvula) A. Adams, 1850
Paravolvulella Harry, 1967
Volvula A. Adams, 1850
Volvulella (Paravolvulella) Harry, 1967

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Description

Shell external, subcylindrical or long-oval, tapering at both ends, the body-whorl more or less produced in a beak or spine above. Spire concealed ; aperture as long as the shell, very narrow, the outer lip simple, produced above; columella somewhat thickened, with the trace of a fold.

Source: Oldroyd, I.S. 1927 . The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume IIa

Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 47

species Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792)

species Volvulella angustata A. Adams, 1862 ^inq.

species Volvulella attenuata A. Adams, 1862

species Volvulella californica W. H. Dall, 1919

species Volvulella catharia W. H. Dall, 1919

species Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 1906)

species Volvulella cylindrella A. Adams, 1862

species Volvulella cylindrica P. P. Carpenter, 1864

species Volvulella eburnea A. Adams, 1850

species Volvulella exilis (Thiele, 1925) ^inq.

species Volvulella flavotincta (Martens, 1906)

species Volvulella fortis (Thiele, 1925)

species Volvulella ischnatracta Pilsbry, 1930

species Volvulella kinokuniana (Habe, 1946)

species Volvulella lenis (Thiele, 1925) ^inq.

species Volvulella mecyntea (Melvill, 1912) ^inq.

species Volvulella minuta (Bush, 1885)

species Volvulella multistriata Valdés, 2008

species Volvulella mutabilis K. H. Barnard, 1963

species Volvulella nesentus Finlay, 1927

species Volvulella onoae Valdés, 2008

species Volvulella opalina A. Adams, 1862

species Volvulella ovulina A. Adams, 1862

species Volvulella oxytata (K.J. Bush, 1885)

species Volvulella panamica W. H. Dall, 1919

species Volvulella paupercula R. B. Watson, 1883

species Volvulella persimilis O. A. L. Mörch, 1875

species Volvulella pia J. Thiele, 1925 ^inq.

species Volvulella radiola A. Adams, 1862

species Volvulella rostrata (A. Adams, 1850) - Beaked Canoe-shell

species Volvulella sculpturata Minichev, 1971

species Volvulella spectabilis A. Adams, 1862

species Volvulella striatula A. Adams, 1850

species Volvulella suavis (Thiele, 1925)

species Volvulella sulcata (Watson, 1883)

species Volvulella texasiana Harry, 1967

species Volvulella tokunagai Makiyama, 1927

species Volvulella tragula Hedley, 1903

species Volvulella truncata Dell, 1956

Fossil taxa

species Volvulella charlesworthi Newton, 1895 ^†

species Volvulella fulmeniculum (Marwick, 1931) ^†

species Volvulella lanceolata (Sowerby in Dixon, 1850) ^†

species Volvulella marwicki (Bartrum & Powell, 1928) ^†

species Volvulella oxyacrum (Cossmann, 1889) ^†

species Volvulella radius (Deshayes, 1862) ^†

species Volvulella reflexa (Hutton, 1885) ^†

species Volvulella rostralina (Cossmann, 1889) ^†

Links and literature

Paleobiology Database [91198]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Volvula Adams, 1850]
Data retrieved on: 11 December 2015

Paleobiology Database [94584]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Paravolvulella Harry, 1967]
Data retrieved on: 11 December 2015

Australian Faunal Directory [9abe8b6c-ecea-4498-a9ab-21e849677a65]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Volvulella Newton, 1891]
Data retrieved on: 12 July 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1289784]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Volvulella Newton, 1891]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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