Volegalea
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| Volegalea | |
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| Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Volegalea Iredale, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 | |
Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
