Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires and D. M. Advocate. 1986. New Early Eocene Mollusks from the Orocopia Mountains, Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 60(4):851-864
Belongs to Volutilithes according to R. L. Squires and D. M. Advocate 1986
Sister taxa: Volutilithes (Afrovolutilithes), Volutilithes (Volutilithes), Volutilithes acuta, Volutilithes angustata, Volutilithes calabasasensis, Volutilithes clarae, Volutilithes dumosa, Volutilithes fusiformis, Volutilithes gruneri, Volutilithes guillemaini, Volutilithes minor, Volutilithes multicostata, Volutilithes muricinus, Volutilithes nodifera, Volutilithes pariaensis, Volutilithes permulticostata, Volutilithes protensa, Volutilithes pseudocostata, Volutilithes pusilla, Volutilithes rakhiensis, Volutilithes sindhiensis, Volutilithes spicata, Volutilithes subcorrugata, Volutilithes symmetrica, Volutilithes torreyensis, Volutilithes undulosus, Volutilithes welcommei, Volutilithes whitensis
Type specimen: LACMIP 7168, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN 662, Orocopia Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Maniobra Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at CSUN 662, Orocopia Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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