Voluta retemirabilis
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| Voluta retemirabilis | |
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| Shell of Voluta retemirabilis (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. retemirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta retemirabilis (Petuch, 1981) | |
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Voluta retemirabilis is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
The shell has a biconic shape, with notably colourful stripes and patches along the exterior, and ridges along the lip of the aperture. The length of the shell attains 49 mm, its diameter 27 mm.