original description
Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): pl. 87 [details]
original description
(of Maculopeplum Dall, 1906) Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172
page(s): 143 [details]
original description
(of Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1953). Materials for a revision of East Coast and Floridan Volutes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(1): 1-13, pl. 1, figs. 1-6; pl. 2; pl. 3, figs. 1-2; text-figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514623 [details]
original description
(of Scaphella (Caricellopsis) Petuch & Sargent, 2011) Petuch, E. J.; Sargent, D. M. (2011). <i>Rare and unusual shells of the Florida Keys and adjacent areas</i>. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 158 pp.
page(s): 149 [details]
original description
(of Fulgoraria (Aurinia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 166. [details]
basis of record
Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source
Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shell small to large, fusiform. Protoconch smooth and papilliform, often with a calcarella. Columellar plates weak or absent. Patterned. Periostracum present. Radula small, variable from Y-shaped to tricuspid. [details]
Distribution Restricted to Caribbean waters and adjacent areas. [details]