Voluta demarcoi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Voluta demarcoi
Shell of Voluta demarcoi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. demarcoi
Binomial name
Voluta demarcoi
Olsson, 1965

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 79 mm and 84.6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from Cabo Camaron, Honduras to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382545 on 2023-06-29
  • Berschauer D.P. (2019). A review of the Voluta polypleura - demarcoi complex. The Festivus. 51(3): 184-197
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