1. Review of the Voluta musica Complex.
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Berschauer, David P.
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SEA level , *NEOGENE Period - Abstract
The distinctive morphology, color pattern, and isolated geographic locations of the various proposed taxa of the Voluta musica complex are discussed and specimens of the various taxa are illustrated. Evidence shows that populations of ancestral V. musica became genetically isolated on offshore islands during interglacial times, due to the associated higher sea levels during the Neogene, resulting in a species swarm of closely-related allopatric species. The following taxa are recognized as full species, and these include: Voluta musica, V. carneolata, V. thiarella, V. damula, and V. typica. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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