Volema

Volema
Volema paradisiaca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Volema Röding, 1798
Type species
Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
Melongena (Myristica) Swainson, 1840 Melongena (Volema) Röding, 1798 Myristica Swainson, 1840 Purpura (Thalessa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Pyrula (Myristica) Swainson, 1840 Thais (Thalessa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Thalessa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Volema is a

(Described as Thalessa) The spire is elevated. The whorls are spinose and angulated at the upper part. The aperture is moderate. The columella is rounded and tubercular in front. The outer lip is nodulous internally.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Volema include:

• Volema myristica Röding, 1798
• Volema nodosa (Lamarck, 1822)
• Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)^[3]

Species brought into synonymy

• Volema alouina Röding, 1798: synonym of
  Thais (Mancinella) alouina
  (Röding, 1798)
• Volema aromatica Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema myristica Röding, 1798
• Volema cotonea Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Volema curtangniona Röding, 1798 accepted as Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Volema glacialis Röding, 1798: synonym of
  Thais (Mancinella) alouina
  (Röding, 1798)
• Volema moschatellina Röding, 1798 accepted as
  Thais hippocastanum
  (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Volema myristica Röding, 1798
• Volema nuxmoschata Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798:^[4] synonym of Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Volema pheata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Volema plicata Röding, 1798 accepted as Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Volema pyrum Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (homonym and synonym)

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