Fulgoraria megaspira

Fulgoraria megaspira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Subspecies
  • Fulgoraria megaspira magna Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Fulgoraria megaspira prevostiana (Crosse, 1878)

Fulgoraria megaspira
Shell of Fulgoraria megaspira (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Fulgorariinae
Genus:
Fulgoraria
Subgenus:
Nipponomelon
Species:
F. megaspira
Binomial name
Fulgoraria megaspira
(Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) exoptanda Shikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira megaspira (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira megaspira f. exoptanda Shikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) megaspira megaspira var. angulosa Shikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria amabilis Shikama & Watanabe, 1970
  • Fulgoraria angulosa (Shikama, 1967)
  • Fulgoraria borealis Masuda,1990
  • Fulgoraria elongata Shikama, 1962
  • Fulgoraria exoptanda Shikama, 1967
  • Fulgoraria salebrosa Shikama, 1967
  • Musashia (Nipponomelon) angulosa Shikama, 1967
  • Voluta megaspira G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 103 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Fulgoraria megaspira (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Crosse, H., 1878. - Diagnoses generi novi Pneumonoponorum et Volutae novae. Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 163-166


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