WoRMS taxon details
Voluta virescens virescens [Lightfoot], 1786
382548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382548)
accepted
Subspecies
Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
(of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
(of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
Distribution Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea.
Distribution Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Voluta virescens virescens [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382548 on 2025-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990) Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 104(2): 57-70., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8501158
page(s): 64, 66, figs. 16, 21-22 [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]
original description (of Voluta virescens [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990) Petuch, E. J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 104(2): 57-70., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8501158
page(s): 64, 66, figs. 16, 21-22 [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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Restricted to the western Caribbean Sea. [details]
