original description
(of Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940) Clench, W. J. & Aguayo, C. G. (1940). Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Habana Expedition off the coast of Cuba. III. <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural ''Felipe Poey''.</em> 15: 77-94, pls 14-16.
page(s): 92 [details]
original description
(of Voluta (Volutifusus) Conrad, 1863 †) Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 559-586., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 563 [details]
basis of record
Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shell medium in size, fusiform to ovate-fusiform. Protoconch large, smooth with a projecting calcarella. Teleoconch covered by glaze. No periostracum. Columellar plaits absent. No color pattern. Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth. The central cusp is the widest, with the side cusps curving inward. [details]
Distribution Known only from waters off Cuba and the east coast of Florida. [details]