Volutopsius norwegicus

Volutopsius norwegicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[4]

Volutopsius norwegicus
Volutopsius norwegicus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Volutopsius
Species:
V. norwegicus
Binomial name
Volutopsius norwegicus
(Gmelin, 1791)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Strombus norwegicus Gmelin, 1791
Volutopsius norvegicus (Gmelin, 1791)
Fusus largillierti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
Volutopsius norwegicus var. dautzenbergi Schlesch, 1929[3]

References
  1. Gmelin J. F. (1791). "Vermes". In: Gmelin J.F. (ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Editio Decima Tertia, Aucta Reformata. Tome 1, Pars 6 (Vermes). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae (Leipzig), pp. 3021–3910, p. 3520.
  2. Fraussen, K.; Gofas, S. (2010). Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138938 on 2016-07-08
  3. Schlesch H. (1929). "Eine interessante neue Varietät von Volutopsius norvegicus (Chem.) aus N. W. Island. In Kleine Mitteilungen 4". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malacozoologischen Gesellschaft 61(1): 194–196. plate 11, fig. 7–8.
  4. Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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