Ternivoluta
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| Ternivoluta | |
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| Shell of Ternivoluta studeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Ternivoluta E. von Martens, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Voluta studeri E. von Martens, 1897 | |
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Ternivoluta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Athletinae of the family Volutidae.[1]
(Original description in German) The shell is smooth and glossy, featuring a blunt shoulder edge and a moderately protruding spire. Its initial whorl is smooth, spherical, and not very large. There are four rather strong and very oblique columellar folds. The radula possesses three well-developed tooth plates in each row.[2]
