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Livonia Gray, 1855
382336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382336)
accepted
Genus
Voluta mammilla G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 accepted as Livonia mammilla (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) (type by subsequent designation)
Cottonia Iredale, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mamillana Crosse, 1871 · unaccepted (invalid: junior objective synonym...)
invalid: junior objective synonym of Livonia
Pterospira G. F. Harris, 1897 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta (Pterospira) G. F. Harris, 1897 † · unaccepted
- Species Livonia connudata Darragh, 1989 †
- Species Livonia gatliffi (Pritchard, 1898) †
- Species Livonia hannafordi (McCoy, 1866) †
- Species Livonia heptagonalis (Tate, 1889) †
- Species Livonia joerinkensi (Poppe, 1987)
- Species Livonia limpusi Bail, 1999
- Species Livonia mammilla (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Species Livonia mervcooperi Bail & Limpus, 2010
- Species Livonia mortoni (Tate, 1889) †
- Species Livonia nodiplicata (J. C. Cox, 1910)
- Species Livonia roadnightae (F. McCoy, 1881)
- Species Livonia spenceri (Pritchard, 1896) †
- Species Livonia stephensi (R. M. Johnston, 1880) †
- Species Livonia voluminosa Darragh, 1989 †
- Species Livonia quisqualis Iredale, 1957 accepted as Livonia roadnightae (F. McCoy, 1881) (synonym)
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Livonia Gray, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382336 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cottonia Iredale, 1934) Iredale, T. (1934). Two new generic names for South Australian marine Mollusca. <em>The South Australian Naturalist.</em> 15(2): 57-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55955032
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Voluta (Pterospira) G. F. Harris, 1897 †) Harris, G. F. (1897). Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London: British Museum (Natural History). xxvi + 406 pp., 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8400745#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 100 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Voluta (Pterospira) G. F. Harris, 1897 †) Harris, G. F. (1897). Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London: British Museum (Natural History). xxvi + 406 pp., 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8400745#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 100 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shell large and thick, ovate to fusiform, with prominent ribbed or coronated shoulders and a gradate spire. Protoconch with the first whorl very large, bulbous, deviated at 90° from the axis of the shell, occasionally decidious. [details]
