The Volutidae Family includes 427 species comprising 8 subfamilies (Cymbiinae (6 genus), Scaphellinae (4), Athletinae (4), Fulgorariinae (3), Calliotectinae (3), Amoriinae (3), ...)
and 60 genus (Lyria (42 species), Cymbiola (39), Fulgoraria (38), Amoria (35), Scaphella (19), Alcithoe (19), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : ⤷Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : ⤷Caenogastropoda 
   Order       : ⤷Neogastropoda 
    Superfamily : ⤷Volutoidea 
     Family      : ⤷Volutidae

Common name : volutes

Aspect : elongate-oval to spindle-shaped, often with an inflated body whorl; size varies from ~5 cm (Cymbiola) to over 50 cm (Melo georgeorum); smooth, glossy and often beautifully patterned; large aperture with a distinctive plaited columella; operculum usually absent

Feeding : carnivorous (bivalves, other gastropods and sometimes carrion)

Environment : Indo-Pacific (Cymbiola, Melo, Amoria), south America (Adelomelon, Zidona), south Africa (Harpulina, Cymbium), mediterranean (rare Voluta musica); intertidal depth to deep water (~500 m); most common in shallow subtidal zones (5–50 m); on sandy or muddy substrates, sometimes among seagrass beds