North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Volvaria Lamarck, 1801 †

AphiaID

550113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:550113)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acteonidae A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Original name

Volvaria Lamarck, 1801 †

Direct children (10)

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Species Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Volvaria biplicata Risso, 1826 accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Volvaria marginata Bivona e Bernardi, 1832 accepted as Granulina marginata (Bivona e Bernardi, 1832) (original combination)
Species Volvaria miliacea Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
Species Volvaria oryza Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Gibberula oryza (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
Species Volvaria pellucida T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Volvaria quadriplicata Risso, 1826 accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Volvaria septemplicata Risso, 1826 accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Volvaria sexplicata Risso, 1826 accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Volvaria subcylindrica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Cylichnina umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 93 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvaria Lamarck, 1801 †. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550113 on 2026-08-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Volvaria Lamarck, 1801 †. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=550113 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-12-05 18:06:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-08-12 06:38:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 93 [details]

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