# Volutopsius

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Fusus norvegicus (Sowerby).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Volutopsius norwegicus](/source/Volutopsius_norwegicus)'' shell
| taxon = Volutopsius
| authority = [Mörch](/source/M%C3%B6rch), 1857{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}
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'''''Volutopsius''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Buccinidae](/source/Buccinidae), the true whelks.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|137715|''Volutopsius'' Mörch, 1857||17 April 2010}}</ref>
 
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Volutopsius'' include:

* ''[Volutopsius castaneus](/source/Volutopsius_castaneus)'' <ref>{{WRMS species|254481|''Volutopsius castaneus'' ||17 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[Volutopsius deformis](/source/Volutopsius_deformis)'' (Reeve, 1847)<ref>{{WRMS species|138937|''Volutopsius deformis'' (Reeve, 1847)||17 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[Volutopsius norwegicus](/source/Volutopsius_norwegicus)'' (Gmelin, 1791)<ref>{{WRMS species|138938|''Volutopsius norwegicus'' (Gmelin, 1791)||17 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''Volutopsius scotiae'' (Fraussen, McKay & Drewery, 2013) <ref>Bouchet, P. (2013). ''Volutopsius scotiae'' Fraussen, McKay & Drewery, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745041 on 2017-08-25</ref>

==References==
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Category:Buccinidae

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