Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Volegalea include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938: synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Volegalea Iredale, 1938. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2015-12-03
  • Landau B. & Vermeij G.J. (2013) A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria 77(4-6): 89-95


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volegalea
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