Fulgoraria

Fulgoraria
Shell of Fulgoraria bailorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Fulgoraria
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Fulgoraria chinensis Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Kurodina) Rehder, 1969· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Miopleiona) Dall, 1907
  • Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) Shikama, 1967· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulgoraria (Volutipysma) Rehder, 1969
  • Miopleiona Dall, 1907
  • Musashia Hayashi, 1966
  • Musashia (Nipponomelon) Shikama, 1967
  • Voluta (Fulgoraria) Schumacher, 1817
  • Voluta (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871

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) Schumacher, 1817
Subgenus Fulgoraria (Kurodina) Rehder, 1969
Subgenus Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi, 1966
Subgenus Fulgoraria (Nipponomelon) Shikama, 1967
Subgenus Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse, 1871
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  3. ↑ Fulgoraria ericarum Douté, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Fulgoraria hamillei (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Fulgoraria humerosa Rehder, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Fulgoraria kaoae Bail, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Fulgoraria leviuscula Rehder, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Fulgoraria rupestris (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Fulgoraria smithi (Sowerby III, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Fulgoraria allaryi Bail, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Fulgoraria cancellata Kuroda & Habe, 1950. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Fulgoraria chinoi Bail, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Fulgoraria clara (Sowerby III, 1914). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Fulgoraria formosana Azuma, 1967. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  15. ↑ Fulgoraria hirasei (Sowerby III, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. ↑ Fulgoraria noguchii Hayashi, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. ↑ Fulgoraria megaspira (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Fulgoraria concinna (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  19. ↑ Fulgoraria daviesi (Fulton, 1938). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  20. ↑ Fulgoraria kamakurensis Okuta, 1949. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  21. ↑ Fulgoraria kaneko Hirase, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  22. ↑ Fulgoraria mentiens (Fulton, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  23. ↑ Fulgoraria delicata (Fulton, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  24. ↑ Fulgoraria minima Bondarev, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  25. ↑ Fulgoraria pratasensis Lan, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  26. ↑ Fulgoraria solida Bail & Chino, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.