Species under Volvulella
n= 14
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Volvulella acuminata
(Bruguiere, 1792)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Volvulella californica
Dall, 1919
California spindle-bubble Eastern Pacific
Volvulella catharia
Dall, 1919
Eastern Pacific 0.4
Volvulella cylindrica
(Carpenter, 1864)
Cylindrical spindle-bubble Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic 1.1
Volvulella fortis
(Thiele, 1925)
Western Central Pacific
Volvulella kinokuniana
(Habe, 1946)
Western Central Pacific
Volvulella minuta
(Bush, 1885)
Western Atlantic 0.25
Volvulella ovalina
(Adams, 1862)
Western Central Pacific
Volvulella panamica
Dall, 1919
Panamic spindle-bubble Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic 0.55
Volvulella paupercula
(Watson, 1883)
Spineless spindle-bubble Western Atlantic 0.4
Volvulella persimilis
(Morch, 1875)
Southern spindle-bubble Western Atlantic
Volvulella recta
(Morch, 1875)
Spined spindle-bubble Western Atlantic
Volvulella rostrata
(Adams, 1850)
Indo-West Pacific
Volvulella texasiana
Harry, 1967
Texas spindle-bubble Western Atlantic 0.51
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