Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Parent taxon: Retusidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Addicott 1970, Harris and Palmer 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Wienrich and Janssen 2007
Sister taxa: Retusa, Rhizorus, Sulcoretusa
Subtaxa: Volvulella (Paravolvulella) Volvulella (Volvulella) Volvulella cannada Volvulella cylindrica Volvulella gluma Volvulella joaquinensis Volvulella meyer Volvulella oxyacrum Volvulella persimilis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1), United States (12: California, Florida, Louisiana)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Costa Rica (4), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Panama (11), United States (3: California, Florida), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (3), Belgium (3), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (4), Germany (37), Haiti (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (26), United States (19: California, Florida, Maryland)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (1), Mexico (2), Panama (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (28: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 192 collections including 235 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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