Volema

Volema
	Volema paradisiaca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Volema; Röding, 1798
Type species
	Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798;
Synonyms
	Melongena (Myristica) Swainson, 1840; Melongena (Volema) Röding, 1798; Myristica Swainson, 1840; Purpura (Thalessa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Pyrula (Myristica) Swainson, 1840; Thais (Thalessa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Thalessa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853;

Volema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.^[1]

Description

(Described as Thalessa) The spire is elevated. The whorls are spinose and angulated at the upper part. The aperture is moderate. The columella is rounded and tubercular in front. The outer lip is nodulous internally.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Volema include:

Volema myristica Röding, 1798
Volema nodosa (Lamarck, 1822)
Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)^[3]

Species brought into synonymy

Volema alouina Röding, 1798: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798)
Volema aromatica Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema myristica Röding, 1798
Volema cotonea Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Volema curtangniona Röding, 1798 accepted as Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767)
Volema glacialis Röding, 1798: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798)
Volema moschatellina Röding, 1798 accepted as Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Volema myristica Röding, 1798
Volema nuxmoschata Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798:^[4] synonym of Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Volema pheata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
Volema plicata Röding, 1798 accepted as Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
Volema pyrum Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (homonym and synonym)

References

^ ^a ^b Volema Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
^ Volema pyrum (Gmelin). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
^ Volema paradisiaca Röding. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.

[WoRMS-1] Volema Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.

[2] Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

[3] Volema pyrum (Gmelin). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.

[4] Volema paradisiaca Röding. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.

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