Fulgoraria megaspira
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| Shell of Fulgoraria megaspira (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Fulgoraria |
| Subgenus: | Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) |
| Species: | F. megaspira
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| Binomial name | |
| Fulgoraria megaspira (Sowerby I, 1844)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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)
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 103 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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
External links[edit]
- Sowerby, G. B., I. (1844). Descriptions of six new species of Voluta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1844: 149–152.
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
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