title: Volva (gastropod)
text: # Volva (gastropod)
  
  Volva is a genus of sea snails, specifically cowry allies or ovulids, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Volva include:
  
  * Volva cumulata Iredale, 1931
  * Volva habei Oyama, 1961
  * Volva kilburni Cate, 1975
  * Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810)
  * Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Synonyms
  
  * Volva acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)
  * Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Volva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Volva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817): synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
  * Volva brunneiterma Cate, 1969: synonym of Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
  * Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Volva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
  * Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Volva longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828): synonym for Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
  * Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
  