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Voluta hilli

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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)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 61.1 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  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