Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Volutas}, L. {Volut[ae]}. [L., a
   spiral scroll. See {Volute}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine
   gastropods belonging to {Voluta} and allied genera.