Volvulella acuminata (Brugière, 1792)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Cephalaspidea | |
Superfamily | Bulloidea | |
Family | Rhizoridae | |
Genus | Volvulella | |
Species | Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141139). | ||
- Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792 (original)
- Rhizorus acuminatus (Bruguière, 1792)
- Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872
- Volvula smithii Pilsbry 1893
- Volvula suavis Thiele, 1925
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Acuminata. From Latin “acuminatus”, participle of “acumino”, sharpen, sharpened.
Distribution
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
References for the species: Volvulella acuminata
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[includeme] shortcode. This message is shown only to administrators.Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.Abundance
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Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Volvulella acuminata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 07/06/2015. Accessed: 26/10/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/Hacxx)
