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Volutifusus Conrad, 1863
382288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382288)
accepted
Genus
Fasciolaria mutabilis Conrad, 1834 † accepted as Volutifusus mutabilis (Conrad, 1834) † (type by monotypy)
Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940 · unaccepted
Voluta (Volutifusus) Conrad, 1863 † · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Volutifusus aguayoi (Clench, 1940)
- Species Volutifusus auroraensis Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Volutifusus caricelloides Petuch, 1988 †
- Species Volutifusus choptankensis Petuch, 1988 †
- Species Volutifusus dougsheltoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2021 †
- Species Volutifusus emmonsi Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Volutifusus halscotti Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Volutifusus kissimmeensis Petuch & Berschauer, 2021 †
- Species Volutifusus mutabilis (Conrad, 1834) †
- Species Volutifusus obtusus (Emmons, 1858) †
- Species Volutifusus piraticus (Clench & Aguayo, 1940)
- Species Volutifusus rappahannockensis Petuch & Drolshagen, 2010 †
- Species Volutifusus spengleri Petuch, 1991 †
- Species Volutifusus torrei (Pilsbry, 1937)
- Species Volutifusus typus Conrad, 1866 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
(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(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 563 [details]
page(s): 563 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Volutifusus Conrad, 1863. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382288 on 2025-09-10
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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(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., 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]
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(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., 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]
