Voluta virescens
Species of gastropod
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Voluta virescens, common name the green music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
| Voluta virescens | |
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| A shell of Voluta virescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta virescens John Lightfoot, 1786 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811 | |
Description
The maximum reported shell length for this species is 114 mm.[2]
Original description of Voluta virescens lindae: "Shell small for genus, stocky with wide, sharp-angled shoulder; shoulder ornamented with 10 large, point knobs; body whorl below shoulder (anterior to) heavily sculptured with large, well-developed, axial plications and numerous large spiral cords; axial plications and spiral cords intersect to produce reticulated, fenestrate sculpture pattern; outer lip flaring; shell color bright canary yellow with band of large tan checkers just below shoulder and numerous, pale tan patches scattered over body whorl; bright yellow and tan base color overlaid with 8 evenly-spaced, thin bands of dark brown and yellow dashes; areas between dashed bands covered with dense masses of pale tan dots; area between suture and shoulder characteristically smooth, copiously covered with evenly-spaced tan dots; protoconch very large in proportion to shell size, protracted, cylindrical in shape; protoconch bright yellow; columella and aperture yellow; columella with 11 plications."[3]
Subspecies
Voluta virescens contains the following subspecies:[1]
- Voluta virescens lindae (Petuch, 1987)
- Voluta virescens virescens Lightfoot, 1786
Distribution
Locus typicus of Voluta virescens lindae: "Off Bocas del Toro, Panama."[3]
