Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Volutoidea
Familia: Volutidae
Subfamilia (8 + 2†): Amoriinae – Athletinae – Calliotectinae – Cymbiinae – Fulgorariinae – Plicolivinae – Scaphellinae – Volutinae – †Eovolutinae – †Volutilithinae
Genus Incertae sedis (1): Myobarbum
Overview of genera (42 + 14†)
Adelomelon – Alcithoe – Amoria – Ampulla – Arctomelon – Argentovoluta – Athleta – Calliotectum – Callipara – Cymbiola – Cymbium – Enaeta – Ericusa – Fulgoraria – Fusivoluta – Harpovoluta – Harpulina – Livonia – Lyria – Melo – Minicymbiola – Miomelon – Myobarbum – Nannamoria – Nanomelon – Neptuneopsis – Notopeplum – Notovoluta – Odontocymbiola – Paramoria – Plicoliva – Provocator – Saotomea – Scaphella – Spinomelon – Tenebrincola – Tractolira – Voluta – Volutifusus – Volutoconus – Zidona – Zygomelon – †Eopsephaea – †Eovoluta – †Euroscaphella – †Falsilyria – †Lapparia – †Leptoscapha – †Mauira – †Mauithoe – †Metamelon – †Mitreola – †Pachymelon – †Teremelon – †Volutilithes – †Wangaluta
Name
Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
References
Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1–397.
Merle, D. et al. 2014: Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. Zootaxa 3826(1): 101–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3 Reference page.
Núñez, V., Damborenea, C. & Darrigran, G. 2019. Illustrated catalogue of type specimens of Volutidae (Gastropoda) in the Malacological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95: 65–93. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.30541 Reference page.
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Volutidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
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
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
Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Plicolivinae Bpichet, 1990
Scaphellinae Gray, 1857
Volutinae
Tribe Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Tribe Volutini Rafinesque, 1815
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
Athleta Conrad, 1853
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
Livonia mammilla (Sowerby, 1844), museum specimen.
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
Two views of a shell of Scaphella lamberti, and in the center, a cut-down shell showing the folds on the columella
† 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, 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
Merle & Pacaud & Marivaux, 2014 <ref> Merle & Pacaud & Marivaux, Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography; Zootaxa, 3826 (1) : 101-138, fig. 1-12. , 2014
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