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Volutes
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Volutes

Volutidae

Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm, marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Amoriinae

subfamilyAmoriinae

Cymbiinae

subfamilyCymbiinae

Volutinae

subfamilyVolutinae

Scaphellinae

subfamilyScaphellinae

Fulgorariinae

subfamilyFulgorariinae

Athletinae

subfamilyAthletinae

Calliotectinae

subfamilyCalliotectinae

Plicolivinae

subfamilyPlicolivinae

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Volutes in Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.53

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245597.