Voluta demarcoi

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Voluta demarcoi
File:Voluta demarcoi 001.jpg
Shell of Voluta demarcoi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. demarcoi
Binomial name
Voluta demarcoi
Olsson, 1965

Voluta demarcoi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 79 mm and 84.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Cabo Camaron, Honduras to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382545 on 2023-06-29
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197

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