Fusivoluta

Fusivoluta is a genus of sea snails and marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.^[1]

Fusivoluta
Shell of Fusivoluta lemaitrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Fusivoluta Martens, 1902
Type species
Voluta (Fusivoluta) anomala Martens, 1902
Synonyms[1]
Voluta (Fusivoluta) E. von Martens, 1902

Species

Species within the genus Fusivoluta include:

• Fusivoluta anomala (Martens, 1902)^[2]
• Fusivoluta barnardi Rehder, 1969^[3]
• Fusivoluta blaizei (Barnard, 1959)^[4]
• Fusivoluta clarkei Rehder, 1969^[5]
• Fusivoluta decussata Barnard, 1959^[6]
• Fusivoluta lemaitrei Poppe, 1992
• Fusivoluta profundorum Bail & Puillandre, 2012
• Fusivoluta pyrrhostoma (Watson, 1882)^[7]
• Fusivoluta sculpturata (Tomlin, 1945)^[8]
• Fusivoluta wesselsi Kilburn, 1980^[9]

Species brought into synonymy

• Fusivoluta aikeni Lussi, 2011: synonym of Belomitra aikeni (Lussi, 2011) (original combination)
• Fusivoluta capensis (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Glypteuthria capensis Thiele, 1925
• Fusivoluta elegans Barnard, 1959: synonym of Exilia elegans (Barnard, 1959) (original combination)

Distribution

This marine genus is restricted to southern African waters and adjacent areas.