Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Ovulinae |
| Genus: | Volva Röding, 1798 |
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Species edit
Species within the genus Volva include:
- Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931
- Volva habei Oyama, 1961
- Volva kilburni Cate, 1975
- Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810)
- Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Synonyms
- Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)
- Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
- Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
- Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
- Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
- Volva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
- Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
- Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
- Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
References edit
- ^ WoRMS (2009). Volva Roding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225493 on 2010-05-19
Further reading edit
- "Volva ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1