Voluta virescens
Voluta virescens, common name the green music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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| Species: | V. virescens |
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| Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786 | |
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Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811 | |
Shell description
The maximum reported shell length for this species is 114 mm.[2]
Subspecies
Voluta virescens contains the following subspecies:[1]
- Voluta virescens lindae (Petuch, 1987)
- Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786
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References
- Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786. 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
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