Voluta polypleura
Species of gastropod
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Voluta polypleura is a species of medium-sized sea snail and a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae. It has the common name of De Marcoi's volute.
| Voluta polypleura | |
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| A shell of Voluta polypleura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. polypleura |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Falsilyria bruneocincta Petuch, 2001 | |
Shell description
The maximum reported shell length for this species is 108 mm.[2]
Subspecies
Voluta polypleura contains the following subspecies:[1]
- Voluta polypleura polypleura (Crosse, 1876).
- Voluta polypleura retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981).
