MolluscaBase taxon details
Voluta virescens virescens [Lightfoot], 1786
382548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382548)
accepted
Subspecies
Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
(of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
(of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
Distribution Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea.
Distribution Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Voluta virescens virescens [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382548 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990) Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 104(2): 57-70., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8501158
page(s): 64, 66, figs. 16, 21-22 [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]
original description (of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990) Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 104(2): 57-70., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8501158
page(s): 64, 66, figs. 16, 21-22 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990)
To Conchology (Voluta virescens virescens)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 860537 Holotype Shell apertural view) (from synonym Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990 Holotype USNM 860537) (from synonym Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990)
To Conchology (Voluta virescens virescens)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 860537 Holotype Shell apertural view) (from synonym Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990 Holotype USNM 860537) (from synonym Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990)
