Molluscabase - Volegalea Iredale, 1938

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Volegalea Iredale, 1938

AphiaID

567502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567502)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 accepted as Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)

Parent

Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)

Orig. name

Volegalea Iredale, 1938

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Species Volegalea alforum Thach, 2021
Species Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798)
Species Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)

Species Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 accepted as Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Iredale, T. (1938). A new name for an old shell. The Australian Zoologist. 9(2): 172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926786 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volegalea Iredale, 1938. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2023-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-04 18:23:21Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-08-06 17:35:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-02-21 07:28:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-19 22:21:11Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description Iredale, T. (1938). A new name for an old shell. The Australian Zoologist. 9(2): 172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926786 [details]

status source Landau B.; Vermeij G. J. (2013). A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria. 77(4-6): 89-95. [details] Available for editors

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Volegalea cochlidium [image from typetaxon]


Volegalea cochlidium [image from typetaxon]