Fulgoraria


Fulgoraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Description

The shell is oblong and fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The apex is large, smooth and papillary. The whorls are longitudinally plicate and transversely striated. The body whorl is anteriorly contracted and acuminated. The aperture is elongated. The columella is sharp anteriorly, with from six to ten oblique plaits, the middle plaits are the largest. The outer lip is thickened, with the margin more or less crenate.

Species

Species within the genus Fulgoraria include:
; Subgenus Fulgoraria Schumacher, 1817Fulgoraria alforum Thach, 2014Fulgoraria allanlimpusi Thach & Bail, 2018Fulgoraria baili Thach, 2018Fulgoraria bailorum Thach, 2014Fulgoraria callomoni Thach, 2015Fulgoraria ericarum Douté, 1997Fulgoraria hamillei Fulgoraria hitoshiikedai Thach & Bail, 2018Fulgoraria humerosa Rehder, 1969Fulgoraria kaoae Bail, 2008Fulgoraria leviuscula Rehder, 1969Fulgoraria limpusi Thach, 2020Fulgoraria ngai Thach, 2020Fulgoraria ngocngai Bail & Thach, 2017Fulgoraria patricebaili Thach, 2017Fulgoraria phanhayi Thach, 2020Fulgoraria philippsi Thach, 2016Fulgoraria rupestris
; Subgenus Fulgoraria Rehder, 1969Fulgoraria smithi
; Subgenus Fulgoraria Hayashi, 1966Fulgoraria allaryi Bail, 2005Fulgoraria cancellata Kuroda & Habe, 1950Fulgoraria carnicolor Bail & Chino, 2010Fulgoraria chinoi Bail, 2000Fulgoraria clara Fulgoraria formosana Azuma, 1967Fulgoraria hirasei Fulgoraria noguchii Hayashi, 1960
; Subgenus Fulgoraria Shikama, 1967Fulgoraria elongata Shikama, 1962Fulgoraria megaspira
; Subgenus Fulgoraria Crosse, 1871Fulgoraria concinna Fulgoraria daviesi Fulgoraria kamakurensis Okuta, 1949Fulgoraria kaneko Hirase, 1922Fulgoraria mentiens
; Species brought into synonymy :Fulgoraria delicata : synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) delicata Fulgoraria minima Bondarev, 1994: synonym of Saotomea (Bondarevia) minima Fulgoraria pratasensis Lan, 1997: synonym of Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis Lan, 1997Fulgoraria solida Bail & Chino, 2000: synonym of ''Saotomea (Saotomea) solida''