Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Sorbeoconcha - (Family) Volutidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Volutinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Subsequent entries

Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Volutini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 184. [nominal taxon] [implicit]

Alternative positions

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1186.
Volutidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 340.
Volutinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 157.

Historical positions

Volutidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 340.
Volutinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 157.
Volutidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Volutidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1018. [rough position]
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1186.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 729. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[27s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[27s]