Voluta musica
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| Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. musica |
| Binomial name | |
| Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta carneolata Lamarck, 1811 |
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Voluta musica, common name the music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. It is called "music volute" because the markings on the shell often resemble a musical manuscript.
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[edit] Shell description
The maximum reported size of the shell is 115 mm.[2]
[edit] Distribution
The species occurs on the mainland Caribbean coast in Colombia and Venezuela, and in the West Indies from the following islands or countries: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago.[2]
[edit] Ecology
Voluta musica is found alive at depths of 12 m to 28 m.[2] It is a predatory carnivorous species, as is the case in other Volutidae.
[edit] References
- ^ Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758. 29 March 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382406.
- ^ a b c "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758. 2009. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=5656. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
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