Volva (gastropod)

Volva
Five views of a shell of Volva volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Volva
Röding, 1798
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Birostra Swainson, 1840
  • Birostris Fabricius, 1823
  • Radius Montfort, 1810

Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Volva include:

Synonyms

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Volva Roding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225493 on 2010-05-19

Further reading

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