Volutharpa perryi

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Volutharpa perryi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Caenogastropoda
Order:Neogastropoda
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Volutharpa perryi
Shell of Volutharpa perryi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Volutharpa
Species:
V. perryi
Binomial name
Volutharpa perryi
(Jay, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum perryi (Jay, 1857)
  • Bullia perryi Jay, 1857 (original combination)
  • Volutharpa ampullacea perryi (Jay, 1857)
  • Volutharpa fischeriana A. Adams, 1870
  • Volutharpa paulucciana Tapparone Canefri, 1882
  • Volutharpa salmiana Rolle, 1892
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Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 57 mm.

The shell is ovately globulose, rather thin and inflated towards the base. The spire is short and acute. The sutures are impressed. The whorls are smooth. The color of the shell is yellowish ash. The interior of the aperture is rusty brown.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, in the Yellow Sea, the Korea sea and off Alaska and British Columbia, Canada.

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