Volutopsius Morch 1857
- Dataset
- Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Buccinidae
- genus
- Volutopsius
diagnosis
Diagnosis: Shells small to large (4 – 14 cm); nucleus relatively large, bulbous; aperture large, ½ – ¾ of shell height; periostracum thin or lacking; operculum smaller than aperture. Radula: Rachidian tooth with 3 – 7 cusps, Lateral teeth typically with 2, rarely 3 cusps.
type_taxon
Type species (OD); Fusus largillierti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 [= Strombus norwegicus Gmelin, 1791]. Northeast Atlantic.
Name
- Homonyms
- Volutopsius Morch 1857