Fulgoraria

Fulgoraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Description

The shell is oblong and fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The apex is large, smooth and papillary. The whorls are longitudinally plicate and transversely striated. The body whorl is anteriorly contracted and acuminated. The aperture is elongated. The columella is sharp anteriorly, with from six to ten oblique plaits, the middle plaits are the largest. The outer lip is thickened, with the margin more or less crenate.

Species

Species within the genus Fulgoraria include:

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>

• Fulgoraria alforum <small>Thach, 2014</small>
• Fulgoraria allanlimpusi <small>Thach & Bail, 2018</small>
• Fulgoraria baili <small>Thach, 2018</small>
• Fulgoraria bailorum <small>Thach, 2014</small>
• Fulgoraria callomoni <small>Thach, 2015</small>
• Fulgoraria ericarum <small>Douté, 1997</small>
• Fulgoraria hamillei <small>(Crosse, 1869)</small>
• Fulgoraria hitoshiikedai <small>Thach & Bail, 2018</small>
• Fulgoraria humerosa <small>Rehder, 1969</small>
• Fulgoraria kaoae <small>Bail, 2008</small>
• Fulgoraria leviuscula <small>Rehder, 1969</small>
• Fulgoraria limpusi <small>Thach, 2020</small>
• Fulgoraria ngai <small>Thach, 2020</small>
• Fulgoraria ngocngai <small>Bail & Thach, 2017</small>
• Fulgoraria patricebaili <small>Thach, 2017</small>
• Fulgoraria phanhayi <small>Thach, 2020</small>
• Fulgoraria philippsi <small>Thach, 2016</small>
• Fulgoraria rupestris <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Kurodina) <small>Rehder, 1969</small>

• Fulgoraria smithi <small>(Sowerby III, 1901)</small>

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Musashia) <small>Hayashi, 1966</small>

• Fulgoraria allaryi <small>Bail, 2005</small>
• Fulgoraria cancellata <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1950</small>
• Fulgoraria carnicolor <small>Bail & Chino, 2010</small>
• Fulgoraria chinoi <small>Bail, 2000</small>
• Fulgoraria clara <small>(Sowerby III, 1914)</small>
• Fulgoraria formosana <small>Azuma, 1967</small>
• Fulgoraria hirasei <small>(Sowerby III, 1912)</small>
• Fulgoraria noguchii <small>Hayashi, 1960</small>

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) <small>Shikama, 1967</small>

• Fulgoraria elongata <small>Shikama, 1962</small>
• Fulgoraria megaspira <small>(Sowerby I, 1844)</small>

Subgenus Fulgoraria (Psephaea) <small>Crosse, 1871</small>

• Fulgoraria concinna <small>(Broderip, 1836)</small>
• Fulgoraria daviesi <small>(Fulton, 1938)</small>
• Fulgoraria kamakurensis <small>Okuta, 1949</small>
• Fulgoraria kaneko <small>Hirase, 1922</small>
• Fulgoraria mentiens <small>(Fulton, 1940)</small>

Species brought into synonymy :

• Fulgoraria delicata (Fulton, 1940): synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) delicata (Fulton, 1940)
• Fulgoraria minima Bondarev, 1994: synonym of Saotomea (Bondarevia) minima (Bondarev, 1994)
• Fulgoraria pratasensis Lan, 1997: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis Lan, 1997
• Fulgoraria solida Bail & Chino, 2000: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) solida (Bail & Chino, 2000)

References

• Bail, P., Chino, M. & Terryn, Y. (2010). The Family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. A revision of the recent species. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 74 pp., 64 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, .