Volema
Encyclopedia
Volema is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Melongenidae
, the crown conches and their allies.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Melongenidae
Melongenidae
Melongenidae, the crown conchs, busycon whelks and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the clade Neogastropoda.- Taxonomy :Genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in Melongenidae...
, the crown conches and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Volema include:- Volema myristica Röding, 1798
- Volema paradisiacaVolema paradisiacaVolema paradisiaca , common name : the Pear Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.-Description:The size of the adult shell varies between 40 mm and 52 mm....
Röding, 1798 - Volema pyrumVolema pyrumVolema pyrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies....
(Gmelin, 1791)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Volema alouina Röding, 1798 : synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouinaThais alouinaThais alouina, common name : the Alou rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 61 mm....
(Röding, 1798) - Volema glacialis Röding, 1798 : synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouinaThais alouinaThais alouina, common name : the Alou rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 61 mm....
(Röding, 1798) - Volema pheata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Rapana bezoarRapana bezoarRapana bezoar is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Linnaeus, 1767)