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373:Athletinae
225:sea snails
161:Rafinesque
146:Volutoidea
122:Subclass:
116:Gastropoda
40:Cretaceous
1669:Volutidae
1493:Volutidae
1480:Volutidae
1466:Volutidae
1436:Volutidae
1244:The Genus
1154:Zygomelon
1052:Scaphella
1032:Plicoliva
1022:Paramoria
948:Nanomelon
898:Metamelon
889:columella
799:Iredalina
786:Harpulina
606:Callipara
495:Volutinae
395:Cymbiinae
348:Amoriinae
326:) of the
271:columella
239:operculum
232:gastropod
222:predatory
215:taxonomic
203:Volutidae
156:Volutidae
92:Kingdom:
86:Eukaryota
42:to Recent
35:Volutidae
18:Amoriinae
1445:Wikidata
1173:A. Adams
1169:H. Adams
1141:Waihaoia
1110:Linnaeus
1057:Swainson
930:Mitreola
916:Miomelon
854:Mauithoe
730:A. Adams
726:H. Adams
713:A. Adams
709:H. Adams
683:Linnaeus
629:Cymbiola
555:A. Adams
551:H. Adams
546:Alcithoe
459:A. Adams
455:H. Adams
434:A. Adams
430:H. Adams
403:A. Adams
399:H. Adams
334:Taxonomy
283:aperture
251:tropical
235:mollusks
213:, are a
176:See text
152:Family:
106:Mollusca
102:Phylum:
96:Animalia
82:Domain:
1451:Q741896
1362:, 2006.
1318:improve
1146:Marwick
1014:Marwick
822:Livonia
721:Ericusa
646:Cymbium
596:Athleta
573:Ampulla
515:, 1815
504:Pilsbry
472:Pilsbry
461:, 1853
436:, 1853
421:Pilsbry
412:Pilsbry
405:, 1853
388:Pilsbry
377:Pilsbry
358:Pilsbry
277:of the
211:volutes
132:Order:
112:Class:
1620:504418
1604:NZOR:
1571:102733
1558:245597
1380:
1307:, but
1279:
1254:
1229:
1175:, 1853
1164:Zidona
1148:, 1926
1105:Voluta
1099:, 1890
1059:, 1832
1016:, 1926
923:, 1907
843:Mauira
806:, 1926
804:Finlay
793:, 1906
732:, 1858
715:, 1853
704:Enaeta
623:, 1890
590:, 1915
563:Amoria
557:, 1853
553:&
540:, 1906
523:Genera
457:&
432:&
401:&
311:voluta
295:plaits
273:. The
229:marine
218:family
163:, 1815
1646:23141
1641:WoRMS
1633:62834
1597:57614
1584:74300
1566:IRMNG
1519:7NLK3
879:shell
832:Lyria
315:Latin
287:whorl
279:spire
190:shell
1592:NCBI
1579:ITIS
1545:6767
1540:GBIF
1532:2470
1501:BOLD
1387:2014
1378:ISBN
1354:ITIS
1277:ISBN
1252:ISBN
1227:ISBN
1171:and
1114:1758
1097:Dall
921:Dall
864:Melo
791:Dall
728:and
711:and
687:1758
621:Dall
588:Dall
538:Dall
275:apex
1527:EoL
1514:CoL
1506:971
1488:AFD
1475:ADW
881:of
317:).
291:lip
220:of
192:of
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