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Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Melongenidae |
Genus: |
Volegalea Iredale, 1938 |
Type species | |
Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 |
Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. [1]
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Species within the genus Volegalea include:
Volegalea | |
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Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Melongenidae |
Genus: |
Volegalea Iredale, 1938 |
Type species | |
Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938 |
Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. [1]
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Species within the genus Volegalea include: