Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Adelomelon ancilla	Ancilla volute	Southeast Pacific and Sou	21 DL	1786
Adelomelon beckii		Southeast Pacific and Sou	49.2 DL	1836
Adelomelon riosi		Western Atlantic.	37.5 DL	1964
Alcithoe aillaudorum		Western Central Pacific.		1988
Alcithoe larochei	Volute	Southwest Pacific		1926
Amoria austellus		Southwest Pacific		2021
Amoria marshallorum		Southwest Pacific		2021
Amoria peterstimpsoni		Southwest Pacific		2019
Amoria thorae		Southwest Pacific		2020
Ampulla priamus		Mediterranean Sea.		1791
Arctomelon stearnsii	Alaska volute	Northeast Pacific		1872
Arctomelon tamikoae		Northeast Pacific		1970
Argentovoluta bottai		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL	1989
Calliotectum barneli		Western Central Pacific		2006
Calliotectum johnsoni		Western Central Pacific		1942
Calliotectum smithi		Western Central Pacific		1942
Callipara casaana		Western Central Pacific		2020
Callipara victoriae		Western Central Pacific		2020
Capensisvoluta benguelensis		Western Central Pacific		2022
Capensisvoluta kuisebensis		Western Central Pacific		2022
Capensisvoluta namaqua		Western Central Pacific		2022
Cymbiola aulica	Princely volute	Western Central Pacific		1825
Cymbiola cathcartiae		Western Central Pacific		1856
Cymbiola deshayesi		Western Central Pacific.		1854
Cymbiola imperialis		Western Central Pacific		1786
Cymbiola malayensis		Western Central Pacific		2000
Cymbiola nivosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1804
Cymbiola nobilis	Noble volute	Western Pacific		1786
Cymbiola palawanica		Western Central Pacific		1985
Cymbiola rossiniana		Western Central Pacific.		1859
Cymbiola rutila		Western Central Pacific		1826
Cymbiola vespertilio	Bat volute	Western Central Pacific.	11.5 ShH	1758
Cymbium cymbium	Pig's snout volute	Eastern Central Atlantic	20 SHL	1758
Cymbium ferranti		Eastern Central Atlantic		2022
Cymbium glans	Elephant's snoout volute	Eastern Atlantic		1791
Cymbium marmoratum	Mamorate volute	Eastern Central Atlantic		1807
Cymbium olla	Algarve volute	Eastern Atlantic and the	15 SHL	1758
Cymbium pepo	Neptune's volute	Atlantic Ocean		1786
Enaeta cumingii		Atlantic Ocean		1882
Enaeta cylleniformis	Sand lyria	Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1844
Enaeta guildingii		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1844
Enaeta reevei		Western Atlantic		1907
Fulgoraria hamillei		Northwest Pacific		1869
Fulgoraria limpusi		Northwest Pacific		2020
Fulgoraria ngai		Northwest Pacific		2020
Fulgoraria phanhayi		Northwest Pacific		2020
Harpovoluta charcoti		Antarctic.	7.5 DL	1910
Harpulina diannae		Antarctic.		2021
Harpulina stimpsonorum		Antarctic.		2020
Livonia mervcooperi		Eastern Indian Ocean		2010
Lyria beauii		Western Atlantic.	7.1 DL	1857
Lyria boholensis		Western Central Pacific		1987
Lyria cordis		Western Atlantic.	4.3 DL	1971
Lyria deliciosa		Western Central Pacific.		1859
Lyria grandidieri		Western Central Pacific.		2002
Lyria guionneti		Western Central Pacific.		2001
Lyria insignata		Southwest Pacific.		1940
Lyria kuniene		Western Central Pacific.		1979
Lyria leonardi		Western Atlantic.	10 DL	1985
Lyria mikoi		Western Central Pacific		1985
Lyria nucleus		Southwest Pacific.		1811
Lyria pattersonia		Southwest Pacific.		1811
Lyria planicostata		Western Central Pacific		1903
Lyria poppei		Western Central Pacific.		2002
Lyria russjenseni		Western Atlantic.	7 DL	1985
Lyria suduirauti		Western Central Pacific		1997
Lyria surinamensis		Indian Ocean.	10.5 DL	1982
Melo amphora	Diadem volute	Indo-West Pacific	50 SHL	1786
Melo broderipii	Crowned baler	Western Central Pacific		1834
Melo melo	Indian volute	Indo-West Pacific	27.5 SHL	1786
Melo nauticum		Western Central Pacific		1822
Melo peterstimpsoni		Western Central Pacific		2021
Melo umbilicatus		Western Central Pacific		1826
Minicymbiola corderoi		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1953
Miomelon eltanini		Southeast Pacific, Southw	3.1 DL	1990
Miomelon scoresbyanum		Southeast Pacific and Sou	5.0 DL	1951
Miomelon turnerae		Southeast Pacific, Wester	5.0 DL	1990
Nanomelon viperinum		Western Atlantic.	4.9 DL	1989
Nanomelon vossi		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1990
Odontocymbiola americana		Western Atlantic.	7.6 DL	1856
Odontocymbiola canigiai		Southeast Pacific and Wes	17.4 DL	1992
Odontocymbiola cleryana		Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1856
Odontocymbiola diannae		Western Atlantic.		2021
Odontocymbiola macaensis		Western Atlantic.	7.5 DL	1997
Odontocymbiola magellanica	Magellanic volute	Southeast Pacific and Sou	20 DL	1791
Odontocymbiola pescalia		Southeast Pacific and Sou	11 DL	1964
Odontocymbiola rucciana		Western Atlantic.	8.8 DL	1990
Odontocymbiola saotomensis		Western Atlantic.	8 DL	1997
Odontocymbiola simulatrix		Western Atlantic.	33 DL	1989
Odontocymbiola subnodosa		Southeast Pacific and Wes	16 DL	1814
Pachycymbiola brasiliana	Brazilian volute	Western Atlantic	20 DL	1786
Pachycymbiola ferussacii		Southeast Pacific and Sou	12.5 DL	1824
Plicoliva zelindae		Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL	1979
Provocator alabastrina		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1882
Provocator corderoi		Western Atlantic.	7.9 DL	1947
Provocator mirabilis	Golden volute	Southwest Pacific		1926
Provocator palliatus		Western Atlantic.	10.6 DL	1977
Provocator pulcher		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1882
Scaphella aguayoi		Western Atlantic.	11.3 DL	1940
Scaphella contoyensis		Western Atlantic.	17.3 DL	1979
Scaphella dohrni		Western Central Atlantic.	13.8 DL	1903
Scaphella dubia	Dubious volute	Western Atlantic.	9.8 DL	1827
Scaphella evelina		Western Atlantic	24 DL	1971
Scaphella garciai		Western Atlantic.	4.7 DL	2007
Scaphella gaudiati		Western Atlantic.	8.9 DL	2001
Scaphella gouldiana	Banded volute	Western Atlantic.	7.4 DL	1887
Scaphella junonia	Junonia	Western Atlantic.	11.4 DL	1804
Scaphella luizcoutoi		Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL	1998
Scaphella macginnorum		Western Atlantic.	15.8 DL	1987
Scaphella neptunia		Western Atlantic.	5.1 DL	1940
Scaphella robusta		Western Atlantic.	11.9 DL	1889
Scaphella torrei		Western Atlantic.	11.6 DL	1937
Teramachia mirabilis		Western Atlantic.	12.5 DL	1941
Tractolira germonae		Western Atlantic.	8.1 DL	1987
Tractolira tenebrosa		Western Atlantic.	5.1 DL	1989
Voluta ebraea		Western Atlantic.	24 DL	1758
Voluta morrisoni		Western Central Atlantic	7.3 DL	1980
Voluta musica	Music volute	Western Atlantic	11.1 DL	1758
Voluta polypleura		Western Central Atlantic	9.4 DL	1876
Voluta virescens	Green music volute	Western Central Atlantic	11.4 NG	1786
Volutifusus piraticus		Western Atlantic.	9.4 DL	1940
Zidona dufresnei	Angulate volute	Southwest Atlantic and So	27 DL	1823

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Family: Volutidae volutes(See list of species below)

Family: Volutidae volutes

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