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Voluta polypleura Crosse 1876

Voluta polypleura

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Voluta polypleura is a species of medium-sized sea snail and a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae. It has the common name of De Marcoi's volute.

Shell description

The maximum reported shell length for this species is 108 mm.[2]

Subspecies

Voluta polypleura contains the following subspecies:[1]

  • Voluta polypleura polypleura (Crosse, 1876).
  • Voluta polypleura retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981).

References

  1. ^ a b Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876. 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

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Voluta polypleura: Brief Summary

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Voluta polypleura is a species of medium-sized sea snail and a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae. It has the common name of De Marcoi's volute.

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Distribution

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Endemic to the Caratasca and Vivorillo Cays, Honduras.

Reference

Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197 [running head 51(2) in error].

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