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Voluta virescens

Voluta virescens
WLA hmns Voluta virescens.jpg
A shell of Voluta virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Voluta
Species: V. virescens
Binomial name
Voluta virescens
Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms

Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811
Voluta pusio Swainson, 1823


Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811
Voluta pusio Swainson, 1823

Voluta virescens, common name the green music volute, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

The maximum reported shell length for this species is 114 mm.

Voluta virescens contains the following subspecies:



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