WoRMS taxon details
Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
139761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139761)
accepted
Species
Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted
Erato (Erato) voluta (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Erato laevis (Donovan, 1804) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Marginella donovani Payraudeau, 1826 · unaccepted
Marginella laevis (Donovan, 1804) · unaccepted
Marginella laevis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta laevis Donovan, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
Distribution More common in southern parts of range
Distribution More common in southern parts of range [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139761 on 2024-08-16
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original description
(of Marginella donovani Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 167, pl. 8 fig. 26-27 [details]
original description (of Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]
original description (of Voluta laevis Donovan, 1804) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5 pl. 165 [details]
original description (of Marginella laevis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 401 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 167, pl. 8 fig. 26-27 [details]
original description (of Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]
original description (of Voluta laevis Donovan, 1804) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5 pl. 165 [details]
original description (of Marginella laevis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 401 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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From other sources
Distribution More common in southern parts of range [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Marginella donovani Payraudeau, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4249) (from synonym Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Erato voluta (Montagu, 183) Spain, Cataluna, Girona, Sa Riera, on deck of fishing b...
To Malacopics (Erato voluta (Montagu, 183))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Erato laevis (DONOVAN, 1804); Figuré; F.J06370) (from synonym Erato laevis (Donovan, 1804))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Erato voluta (MONTAGU, 1803); Figuré; F.A50447)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta laevis Donovan, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Marginella laevis (Donovan, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Marginella laevis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4249) (from synonym Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Erato voluta (Montagu, 183) Spain, Cataluna, Girona, Sa Riera, on deck of fishing b...
To Malacopics (Erato voluta (Montagu, 183))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Erato laevis (DONOVAN, 1804); Figuré; F.J06370) (from synonym Erato laevis (Donovan, 1804))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Erato voluta (MONTAGU, 1803); Figuré; F.A50447)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea voluta Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta fusiformis W. Turton, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta laevis Donovan, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Marginella laevis (Donovan, 1804))
To PESI (from synonym Marginella laevis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS