Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: C. R. Givens. 1978. An occurrence of the Tethyan genus Volutilithes (Gastropoda: Volutidae) in the Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 52(1):104-108
Belongs to Volutilithes according to C. R. Givens 1978
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 orocopiaensis, Volutilithes pariaensis, Volutilithes permulticostata, Volutilithes protensa, Volutilithes pseudocostata, Volutilithes pusilla, Volutilithes rakhiensis, Volutilithes sindhiensis, Volutilithes spicata, Volutilithes subcorrugata, Volutilithes symmetrica, Volutilithes undulosus, Volutilithes welcommei, Volutilithes whitensis
Type specimen: UCR 4920/1, a shell. Its type locality is UCR 4920, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf sandstone in the Ardath Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCR 4920
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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