Fulgoraria megaspira explained

Fulgoraria megaspira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Subspecies:

• Fulgoraria megaspira magna Kuroda & Habe, 1950
• Fulgoraria megaspira prevostiana (Crosse, 1878)

Description

The length of the shell attains 103 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

• Crosse, H., 1878. - Diagnoses generi novi Pneumonoponorum et Volutae novae. Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 163-166

External links

• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1844). Descriptions of six new species of Voluta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1844: 149–152.
• MNHN, Paris: syntype