WoRMS name details
Volvula A. Adams, 1850
511917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511917)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Volvula Gistel, 1848 [Diptera]; Volvulella is a replacement name)
Genus
Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Volvula attenuata A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Volvulella attenuata (A. Adams, 1862) (original combination)
- Species Volvula compacta Melvill, 1906 accepted as Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 1906)
- Species Volvula cylindrella A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Volvulella cylindrella (A. Adams, 1862) (original combination)
- Species Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872 accepted as Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792) (invalid: junior homonym of Volvula cylindrica Carpenter, 1863; V. smithii is a replacement name)
- Species Volvula cylindrica P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Volvulella cylindrica (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
- Species Volvula exilis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvulella exilis (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
- Species Volvula flavotincta E. von Martens, 1904 accepted as Volvulella flavotincta (E. von Martens, 1904) (original combination)
- Species Volvula fortis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvulella fortis (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
- Species Volvula ischnatracta Pilsbry, 1930 accepted as Volvulella persimilis (Mörch, 1875)
- Species Volvula lenis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvulella lenis (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
- Species Volvula minuta K. J. Bush, 1885 accepted as Volvulella minuta (K. J. Bush, 1885)
- Species Volvula minutissima Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvulella ovulina (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not Gabb, 1860)
- Species Volvula mutabilis Barnard, 1963 accepted as Volvulella mutabilis (Barnard, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volvula opalina A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Volvulella opalina (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volvula ovulina A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Volvulella ovulina (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volvula oxytata K. J. Bush, 1885 accepted as Volvulella persimilis (Mörch, 1875) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Volvula persimilis Mörch, 1875 accepted as Volvulella persimilis (Mörch, 1875) (original combination)
- Species Volvula pia Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvulella pia (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
- Species Volvula radiola A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Volvulella radiola (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volvula smithii Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792)
- Species Volvula spectabilis A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Volvulella spectabilis (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Volvula suavis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvulella suavis (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
- Species Volvula tragula Hedley, 1903 accepted as Volvulella tragula (Hedley, 1903)
marine
Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 558 [details]
page(s): 558 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvula A. Adams, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511917 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 558 [details]
page(s): 558 [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Cylichnidae, Bullidae and Philinidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 9: 150-161., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22219604
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
