Volutoconus coniformis

Volutoconus coniformis, common name : the Cone-shaped Volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Volutoconus coniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Amoriinae
Genus:
Volutoconus
Species:
V. coniformis
Binomial name
Volutoconus coniformis
(Cox, 1871)
Synonyms[1]

Voluta coniformis Cox, 1871 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Coral Sea along Northwest Australia.

References
  1. Volutoconus coniformis (Cox, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.


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