Voluta hilli
Species of gastropod
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Voluta hilli is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
| Voluta hilli | |
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| Shell of Voluta hilli (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. hilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 61.1 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic from the Gorda Bank to the Cajones and Bercero Cays, off Honduras.
