Voluta hilli is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Voluta hilli
Shell of Voluta hilli (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Falsilyria hilli Petuch, 1987
  • Voluta polypleura hilli (Petuch, 1987)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 61.1 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species is endemic from the Gorda Bank to the Cajones and Bercero Cays, off Honduras.

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta hilli (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363614 on 2023-06-29
  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197