Volema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Description
(Described as Thalessa) The spire is elevated. The whorls are spinose and angulated at the upper part. The aperture is moderate. The columella is rounded and tubercular in front. The outer lip is nodulous internally.
Species
Species within the genus Volema include:
Species brought into synonymy :
- Volema alouina <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Volema aromatica <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Volema myristica <small>Röding, 1798</small>
- Volema cotonea <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Volema pyrum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Volema curtangniona <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Turbinella pyrum <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Volema glacialis <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Volema moschatellina <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Thais hippocastanum (<small>Linnaeus, 1758)</small> accepted as Volema myristica Röding, 1798
- Volema nuxmoschata <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Volema pyrum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Volema paradisiaca <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Volema pyrum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Volema pheata <small>Röding, 1798</small> : synonym of Rapana bezoar <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Volema plicata <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Rapana bezoar <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Volema pyrum <small>Röding, 1798</small> accepted as Volema pyrum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> (homonym and synonym)
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