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Volegalea
Three views of a shell of Volegalea cochlidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Volegalea Iredale, 1938
Type species
Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938

Volegalea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Volegalea include:

• Volegalea alforum Thach, 2021
• Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798)
• Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)

Species brought into synonymy

• Volegalea wardiana Iredale, 1938: synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Volegalea Iredale, 1938. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567502 on 2015-12-03

• Landau B. & Vermeij G.J. (2013) A new species of Pugilina (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Melongeninae) from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Basteria 77(4-6): 89-95

External links

• Iredale, T. (1938). A new name for an old shell. The Australian Zoologist. 9(2): 172

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