Fulgorariinae

Some fulgorariid fossils can be traced back to the Oligocene, but possible ancestors of recent species only appeared during the Pliocene only with an abrupt increase after the Late Pliocene, in which almost all the recent species were established.^[2][3] Though recent species are now restricted to the Asian Margin of the Pacific Ocean, from Hokkaido, Japan to Vietnam, fossil studies show that species belonging to that subfamily occurred along both the eastern and the western margins of the northern Pacific Ocean.^[4] Five taxa, related to the subgenus Psephaea, are described from the Paleocene strata of California, from the lower Miocene to the Pliocene.

In Volutidae, the absence of planktotrophic development (in most groups) does not allow exchange of genetic material between geographically separate populations. Thus, local inbreeding involves a high tendency to speciation.

Genera and subgenera within the Fulgorariinae:

• Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
• Saotomea Habe, 1943
  • Saotomea s.s.
  • Bondarevia Bail & Chino, 2010
• Tenebrincola Harasewych & Kantor, 1991
• † Wangaluta Stilwell, 2016

Synonyms

• Miopleiona Dall, 1907 accepted as Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871 : synonym of Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817
• Musashia Hayashi, 1966 accepted as Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966: synonym of Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817

• 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, ISBN 978-3-939767-31-2.
• Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). A taxonomic introduction to the recent Volutidae. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 30 pp., 5 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-47-3.