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Volutidae Volutes Volute shells are often glossy and beautifully patterned with stripes and blotches. The name volute comes from voluta, a word meaning â€œspiralâ€ in Latin, and refers to the columellar folds inside the aperture of many volute species see picture to the right. Volutes are active hunters that feed on other marine snails, bivalves, hermit crabs and echinoderms. They use their siphon to seek out prey, and then smother prey with their foot before consuming it. The largest shell shown on the plate, the Common Baler, is so named because Aboriginal people historically used this species to store water and to bail out canoes

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