Voluta

Voluta
	The Hebrew volute Voluta ebraea in its natural habitat
	Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Voluta musica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Volutinae
Genus:	Voluta; Iredale, 1938
Type species
	Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758;
Synonyms
	Chlorosina Gray, 1858; Harpula Swainson, 1831; Musica Gray, 1847; Plejona Röding, 1798; Scaphella (Voluta) Linnaeus (unaccepted combination); Vespertilio Mörch, 1852 (invalid: junior homonym of Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 [Mammalia] and junior objective synonym of Scapha Gray, 1847); Volutarius Duméril, 1806; † Volutites Schlotheim, 1813 (invalid: established for fossils of Voluta to distinguish them from extant members of that taxony (Art. 20).); Volutolyria Crosse, 1877;

Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

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