Volva (gastropod) explained

Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Volva include:

• Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931
• Volva habei Oyama, 1961
• Volva kilburni Cate, 1975
• Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810)
• Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:

• Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)
• Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
• Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
• Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
• Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
• Volva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
• Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
• Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
• Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

Further reading

• • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Volva Roding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225493 on 2010-05-19