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Voluta musicalis

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Voluta musicalis
Shell of † Voluta musicalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. musicalis
Binomial name
Voluta musicalis
Lamarck, 1803
Synonyms[1]
  • Plejona musicalis (Lamarck, 1803)
  • Pseudaulicina musicalis (Lamarck, 1803)
  • Volutilithes musicalis (Lamarck, 1803)

Voluta musicalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Lutetian strata in France.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta musicalis Lamarck, 1803 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1569483 on 2023-06-30
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1911 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 26-45
  • Le Renard (J.), 1992 - Notes de nomenclature sur quelques mollusques caractéristiques de l'Éocène du Bassin de Paris. Cossmanniana, t. 1, vol. 2–4, p. 1-14
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