Volva (gastropod)

Volva
	Five views of a shell of Volva volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Ovulinae
Genus:	Volva; Röding, 1798
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Birostra Swainson, 1840; Birostris Fabricius, 1823; Radius Montfort, 1810;

Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Volva include:

Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)
Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767)
Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
Volva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)

WoRMS (2009). Volva Roding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225493 on 2010-05-19