Volutidae
Volutes | |
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A live individual of the Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat | |
A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio, a large volute species | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Subfamilies | |
See text |
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm, marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Contents
1 Distribution
2 Shell description
3 Taxonomy
3.1 Subfamilies and tribes
3.2 Genera
4 References
5 External links
Distribution
This family of sea snails are found mainly in tropical seas, though some species also inhabit the waters of the polar circles.
Shell description
The shell of species such as Melo amphora can grow as large as 50 cm (19.7 inches) in length.[1]
Volutes are distinguished by their distinctively marked spiral shells (to which the family name refers, voluta meaning "scroll" in Latin).
The shells have an elongated aperture in their first whorl and an inner lip characterised by a number of deep plaits. The elaborate decorations of the shells has made them a popular collectors' item, with the imperial volute (Voluta imperialis) of the Philippines being particularly prized.
Taxonomy
Subfamilies and tribes
According to Bail & Poppe (2001)[2] Volutidae can be subdivided into the following Subfamilies and tribes:
Amoriinae Gray, 1857
- Tribe Meloini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- Tribe Amoriini Gray, 1857
- Tribe Meloini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Athletinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Calliotectinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Cymbiinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Tribe Adelomelonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- Tribe Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- Tribe Cymbiini H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Tribe Livoniini Bail & Poppe, 2001
- Tribe Odontocymbiolini Clench & Turner, 1964
- Tribe Zidonini H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Tribe Adelomelonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Plicolivinae Bpichet, 1990
Scaphellinae Gray, 1857
Volutinae
- Tribe Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- Tribe Volutini Rafinesque, 1815
- Tribe Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Genera
Genera within the Volutidae include:
Adelomelon Dall, 1906
Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams,1853
Amoria Gray, 1855[3]
Ampulla Röding, 1798
Arctomelon Dall, 1915
Callipara Gray, 1847
Calliotectum Dall, 1890
Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
- Cymbiolacca
Cymbium Röding, 1798
- Cymbium cymbium
- Cymbium glans
- Cymbium marmoratum
Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium pepo
Enaeta H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
Ericusa H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858
Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817[4]
Fusivoluta E. von Martens, 1902
Harpovoluta Thiele, 1912
Harpulina Dall, 1906
Iredalina Finlay, 1926
Leptoscapha Fischer, 1883
Livonia Gray, 1855
Lyria Gray, 1847
- † Mauira Marwick, 1943
- † Mauithoe Finlay, 1930
Melo Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826
- † Metamelon Marwick, 1926
Minicymbiola Klappenbach, 1979
Miomelon Dall, 1907
- † Mitreola Swainson, 1833
Nannamoria Iredale, 1929
Nanomelon Leal & Bouchet, 1989
Neptuneopsis Sowerby III, 1898
Notopeplum Finlay, 1927
Notavoluta Cotton, 1946
Odontocymbiola Clench & Turner, 1964
- † Pachymelon Marwick, 1926
Paramoria McMichael, 1960
Plicoliva Petuch, 1979
Provocator Watson,1882
Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Spinomelon Marwick, 1926
Tenebrincola Harasewych & Kantor, 1991
- Teramachia
Tractolira Dall, 1890
Voluta Linnaeus, 1758
Volutifusus Conrad, 1863
Volutoconus Crosse, 1871
Waihaoia Marwick, 1926
Zygomelon Harasewych & Marshall,1995
Zidona H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
References
^ Poutiers, J. M. (1998). Gastropods in: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods. Rome, FAO, 1998. page 597.
^ Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). A taxonomic introduction to the recent Volutidae. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 30 pp., 5 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 3-925919-47-3.
^ Bail, P., Limpus, A. & Poppe, G. T. (2001): The Genus Amoria. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 50 pp., 93 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim,
ISBN 3-925919-46-5.
^ Bail, P., Chino, M. & Terryn, Y. (2010). The Family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. A revision of the recent species. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 74 pp., 64 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim,
ISBN 978-3-939767-31-2.
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- ITIS
- "Volute." Encyclopædia Britannica, 2006.
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- Biodiversity Library: Maxwell Smith, A review of the Volutidae, Beal-Maltbie Shell Museum, Florida, 1942
Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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