Fulgoraria Explained

Fulgoraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Description

The shell is oblong and fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The apex is large, smooth and papillary. The whorls are longitudinally plicate and transversely striated. The body whorl is anteriorly contracted and acuminated. The aperture is elongated. The columella is sharp anteriorly, with from six to ten oblique plaits, the middle plaits are the largest. The outer lip is thickened, with the margin more or less crenate.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Fulgoraria include:

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817

• Fulgoraria alforum Thach, 2014
• Fulgoraria allanlimpusi Thach & Bail, 2018
• Fulgoraria baili Thach, 2018
• Fulgoraria bailorum Thach, 2014
• Fulgoraria callomoni Thach, 2015
• Fulgoraria ericarum Douté, 1997
• Fulgoraria hamillei (Crosse, 1869)
• Fulgoraria hitoshiikedai Thach & Bail, 2018
• Fulgoraria humerosa Rehder, 1969
• Fulgoraria kaoae Bail, 2008
• Fulgoraria leviuscula Rehder, 1969
• Fulgoraria limpusi Thach, 2020
• Fulgoraria ngai Thach, 2020
• Fulgoraria ngocngai Bail & Thach, 2017
• Fulgoraria patricebaili Thach, 2017
• Fulgoraria phanhayi Thach, 2020
• Fulgoraria philippsi Thach, 2016
• Fulgoraria rupestris (Gmelin, 1791)

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Kurodina) Rehder, 1969

• Fulgoraria smithi (Sowerby III, 1901)

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966

• Fulgoraria allaryi Bail, 2005
• Fulgoraria cancellata Kuroda & Habe, 1950
• Fulgoraria carnicolor Bail & Chino, 2010
• Fulgoraria chinoi Bail, 2000
• Fulgoraria clara (Sowerby III, 1914)
• Fulgoraria formosana Azuma, 1967
• Fulgoraria hirasei (Sowerby III, 1912)
• Fulgoraria noguchii Hayashi, 1960

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) Shikama, 1967

• Fulgoraria elongata Shikama, 1962
• Fulgoraria megaspira (Sowerby I, 1844)

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871

• Fulgoraria concinna (Broderip, 1836)
• Fulgoraria daviesi (Fulton, 1938)
• Fulgoraria kamakurensis Okuta, 1949
• Fulgoraria kaneko Hirase, 1922
• Fulgoraria mentiens (Fulton, 1940)

Species brought into synonymy :

• Fulgoraria delicata (Fulton, 1940): synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) delicata (Fulton, 1940)
• Fulgoraria minima Bondarev, 1994: synonym of Saotomea (Bondarevia) minima (Bondarev, 1994)
• Fulgoraria pratasensis Lan, 1997: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis Lan, 1997
• Fulgoraria solida Bail & Chino, 2000: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) solida (Bail & Chino, 2000)

References

• Bail, P., Chino, M. & Terryn, Y. (2010). The Family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. A revision of the recent species. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 74 pp., 64 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, .

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls