WoRMS taxon details
original description
Crosse, H. (1871). Distribution géographique et catalog des espèces actuelles du genre <i>Voluta</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 19 (4): 263-308., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15136284 [details]
taxonomy source
Bail P. & Limpus A. (2013) Revision of the genus <i>Volutoconus</i> Crosse, 1871 (Gastropoda: Volutidae). <i>Visaya</i> 4(1): 25-75. [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth, with a fang-like profile. Protoconch with a calcarella, sometimes ribbed. [details]
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