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29:Cretaceous
1658:Volutidae
1482:Volutidae
1469:Volutidae
1455:Volutidae
1425:Volutidae
1233:The Genus
1143:Zygomelon
1041:Scaphella
1021:Plicoliva
1011:Paramoria
937:Nanomelon
887:Metamelon
878:columella
788:Iredalina
775:Harpulina
595:Callipara
484:Volutinae
384:Cymbiinae
337:Amoriinae
315:) of the
260:columella
228:operculum
221:gastropod
211:predatory
204:taxonomic
192:Volutidae
145:Volutidae
81:Kingdom:
75:Eukaryota
31:to Recent
24:Volutidae
1434:Wikidata
1162:A. Adams
1158:H. Adams
1130:Waihaoia
1099:Linnaeus
1046:Swainson
919:Mitreola
905:Miomelon
843:Mauithoe
719:A. Adams
715:H. Adams
702:A. Adams
698:H. Adams
672:Linnaeus
618:Cymbiola
544:A. Adams
540:H. Adams
535:Alcithoe
448:A. Adams
444:H. Adams
423:A. Adams
419:H. Adams
392:A. Adams
388:H. Adams
323:Taxonomy
272:aperture
240:tropical
224:mollusks
202:, are a
165:See text
141:Family:
95:Mollusca
91:Phylum:
85:Animalia
71:Domain:
1440:Q741896
1351:, 2006.
1307:improve
1135:Marwick
1003:Marwick
811:Livonia
710:Ericusa
635:Cymbium
585:Athleta
562:Ampulla
504:, 1815
493:Pilsbry
461:Pilsbry
450:, 1853
425:, 1853
410:Pilsbry
401:Pilsbry
394:, 1853
377:Pilsbry
366:Pilsbry
347:Pilsbry
266:of the
200:volutes
121:Order:
101:Class:
1609:504418
1593:NZOR:
1560:102733
1547:245597
1369:
1296:, but
1268:
1243:
1218:
1164:, 1853
1153:Zidona
1137:, 1926
1094:Voluta
1088:, 1890
1048:, 1832
1005:, 1926
912:, 1907
832:Mauira
795:, 1926
793:Finlay
782:, 1906
721:, 1858
704:, 1853
693:Enaeta
612:, 1890
579:, 1915
552:Amoria
546:, 1853
542:&
529:, 1906
512:Genera
446:&
421:&
390:&
300:voluta
284:plaits
262:. The
218:marine
207:family
152:, 1815
1635:23141
1630:WoRMS
1622:62834
1586:57614
1573:74300
1555:IRMNG
1508:7NLK3
868:shell
821:Lyria
304:Latin
276:whorl
268:spire
179:shell
1581:NCBI
1568:ITIS
1534:6767
1529:GBIF
1521:2470
1490:BOLD
1376:2014
1367:ISBN
1343:ITIS
1266:ISBN
1241:ISBN
1216:ISBN
1160:and
1103:1758
1086:Dall
910:Dall
853:Melo
780:Dall
717:and
700:and
676:1758
610:Dall
577:Dall
527:Dall
264:apex
1516:EoL
1503:CoL
1495:971
1477:AFD
1464:ADW
870:of
306:).
280:lip
209:of
181:of
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1101:,
995:†
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884:†
840:†
829:†
674:,
286:.
246:.
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195:,
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