NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Buccinidae
  Order - Neogastropoda
  Subclass - Prosobranchia
  Class - Gastropoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Volutopsius middendorffii
      Species - Volutopsius trophonius
      Species - Volutopsius regularis
      Species - Volutopsius fragilis
      Species - Volutopsius behringi
      Species - Volutopsius castanea
      Species - Volutopsius norwegicus
      Species - Volutopsius pallidus