Volvatella is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.[1]
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| Volvatella angeliniana | |
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| Genus: | Volvatella Pease, 1860 |
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| Volvatella fragilis Pease, 1860 | |
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Arthessa Evans, 1950 | |
Species
Species within the genus Volvatella include:
- Volvatella angeliniana Ichikawa, 1993
- Volvatella australis Jensen, 1997
- Volvatella ayakii Hamatani, 1972
- Volvatella bermudae K.B. Clark, 1982
- Volvatella candida Pease, 1868
- Volvatella cincta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
- Volvatella elioti (Evans, 1950)
- Volvatella evansi (Kay, 1961)
- Volvatella ficula Burn, 1966
- Volvatella fragilis Pease, 1860
- Volvatella kawamurai Habe, 1946
- Volvatella laguncula G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
- Volvatella omega (Melvill, 1918)
- Volvatella pyriformis Pease, 1868
- Volvatella ventricosa Jensen & Wells, 1990
- Volvatella vigourouxi (Montrouzier, 1861)
- Volvatella viridis Hamatani, 1976
References
- Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281