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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786


Range: 16°N to 8.65°N; 88°W to 74.2°W
Depth: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 97 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 114  mm

Synonymy

Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
Falsilyria virescens (Lightfoot, 1786) 
Murex cantinelosus Meuschen, 1787
Voluta fulva Lamarck, 1811
Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811
Voluta pusio Swainson, 1823
Voluta lindae Petuch, 1987
Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990

Details


Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786, p. 26, 136, 174, [Martini, 1777, pl. 97, fig. 932-933]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Guinea
Range: 16°N to 8.65°N; 88°W to 74.2°W
Depth: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 97 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 114 mm
Distribution: Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
References: Bayer (1971) LS; Cosel (1976) lE; Cosel (1986); García (1988b) NWM; García (1993)
Comments: Records from Texas and Mexico have not been confirmed; García's (1993) report from Isla Margarita needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Falsilyria

Murex cantelinosus Meuschen, 1787, p. 326, [Seba 3, pl. 57, fig. 22]
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Dillwyn (1817) s
Comments: Non-binominal work.

Voluta fulva Lamarck, 1811d, p. 68
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'probablement l'Océan indien'
References: Weaver & duPont (1970) s

Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990, p. 64, 66, figs. 16, 21-22
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Portobelo, Panama
Range: 9.5°N ; 79.7°W
Depth: 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 31 mm
Distribution: Panama
References: Petuch (1990) DdNSEWM; García (1993) s

Voluta lindae Petuch, 1987, p. 72, pl. 13, figs. 7-8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Bocas del Toro, Panama
Range: 9°N ; 82°W to 80°W
Depth: 35 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 46 mm
Distribution: Panama
References: Poppe & Goto (1992) s; García (1993) s

Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811d, p. 68
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'l'Océan indien'
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
References: Lamarck (1811d) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta polyzonata sic, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Kiener (1839)
Comments: Error for polyzonalis by Clench & Turner (1964).

Voluta pusio Swainson, 1823a, p. 378, [Swainson 1823c, pl. 181]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés. Volute. (Voluta.) Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17 54-80.
Meuschen, F. C. 1787. Museum Geversianum  iv + 659 pp. P. & J. Holsteyn: Rotterodami.
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]
Petuch, E. J. 1990. A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama Nautilus 104 57-70. [Stated date: 06 Sep 1990.]
Swainson, W. 1823. The characters of several rare and undescribed shells Philosophical Magazine and Journal 61 375-378. [Stated date: 31 May 1823.]
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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