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Voluta
Taxonomy
Voluta was named by Linnaeaus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 705]. It is extant. Its type is Voluta musica.
It was assigned to Volutidae by Bohm (1926), Rivera (1957) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Volutinae by Woodring (1964), Adegoke (1977) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
It was assigned to Volutidae by Bohm (1926), Rivera (1957) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Volutinae by Woodring (1964), Adegoke (1977) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Species
V. africana, V. alfaroi, V. anticingulata, V. bicorona, V. breviplicata, V. bulbula, V. calligona, V. camdeo, V. cantaurana, V. cincta, V. citharina, V. crenulata, V. cubaguaensis, V. depressa, V. eomagna, V. fimbriata, V. heptagonalis, V. induta, V. junghuhni, V. kirbyi, V. lawsoni, V. limbata, V. lyra, V. macroptera, V. martini, V. mitreola, V. muricata, V. musica (syn. V. carneolata) (type species), V. paytanica, V. purpuriformis, V. pyriformis, V. radula, V. rupestris, V. semilineata, V. septemcostata, V. sulcata, V. trichinopolitensis, V. uncifera, V. vautrini, V. vredenburgi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Voluta Linnaeaus 1758
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†Voluta africana Adegoke 1977
†Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
†Voluta alfaroi eurytera Woodring 1964
†Voluta anticingulata McCoy 1874
†Voluta bicorona Lamarck 1802
†Voluta breviplicata Forbes 1846
†Voluta bulbula Lamarck 1802
†Voluta calligona Maury 1934
†Voluta camdeo Forbes 1846
†Voluta cantaurana Gibson-Smith 1973
†Voluta cincta Forbes 1846
†Voluta citharina Forbes 1846
†Voluta crenulata Lamarck 1802
†Voluta cubaguaensis Gibson-Smith 1973
†Voluta depressa Lamarck 1802
†Voluta eomagna Vokes 1939
†Voluta fimbriata Zekeli 1852
†Voluta heptagonalis Tate 1889
†Voluta induta Goldfuss 1844
†Voluta junghuhni Martin 1879
†Voluta kirbyi Merriam and Turner 1937
†Voluta lawsoni Dickerson 1913
†Voluta limbata Tate 1889
†Voluta lyra Lamarck 1802
†Voluta macroptera McCoy 1874
†Voluta martini Dickerson 1915
†Voluta mitreola Lamarck 1802
†Voluta muricata Forbes 1846
†Voluta paytanica Olsson 1930
†Voluta purpuriformis Forbes 1846
†Voluta pyriformis Forbes 1846
†Voluta radula Forbes 1846
Voluta rupestris Gmelin 1791
†Voluta semilineata Muenster 1841
†Voluta septemcostata Forbes 1846
†Voluta sulcata Gmelin 1791
†Voluta trichinopolitensis Forbes 1846
†Voluta uncifera Tate 1889
†Voluta vautrini Jung 1965
†Voluta vredenburgi Cox 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma
Collections (101 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian | Brazil | V. cretacea (140889) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | Egypt | V. conspicua (114802) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | V. semilineata (221859) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany | V. induta (213668) | |
| Danian | Denmark | V. sp. (89866) | |
| Selandian | Nigeria | V. africana (7791) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | V. vredenburgi (52132) | |
| Thanetian | Poland | V. crenistria (27018) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Louisiana) | V. newcombiana (101126 105201) | |
| Thanetian | Niger | V. sp. (83985) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Louisiana) | V. newcombiana (105208) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | V. lawsoni (122337 200271) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | V. martini (207112) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | V. eomagna (200722 200728 200753) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan | V. sp. (45621) | |
| Lutetian | France | V. bicorona (184116) V. bulbula (184107) V. depressa (184117) V. lyra, V. crenulata (184112) V. mitreola (184110) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | V. pumila (70082 79524) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | V. sp. (40512) | |
| Bartonian | Peru (Piura) | V. paytanica (52526) | |
| Bartonian | Romania | V. bericorum (101879) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Bavaria) | V. subzonata (10703) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | V. subzonata, V. sp. (78617) V. vesiculifera, V. subzonata, V. bericorum, V. pileifera (78565) | |
| Priabonian | Romania | V. bericorum (101974) | |
| Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | V. sp. (149316) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | V. sp. (40771) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Jamaica | V. sp. (111546) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Argentina | V. sp. (71599) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Costa Rica | V. alfaroi (77791) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | V. macroptera, V. anticingulata (176279) | |
| Chattian | New Zealand (South Otago) | V. sp. (45653) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Cyprus | V. sp. (69774) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Lyria calligona (60979 65162 112590) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | V. sp. (71228 71229) | |
| Miocene | USA (Virginia) | V. mutabilis (96940) | |
| Miocene | Indonesia | V. junghuhni (81717) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | V. vautrini (60710) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | Lyria calligona (58454) | |
| Serravallian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | V. sp. (135818) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | V. alfaroi (93053 93054) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Darien) | V. sp. (136104 136122) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | V. junghuhni (70077) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | V. ponderosa (41473) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Colon) | V. sp. (79855) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | V. sp. (61347) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Panama (Bocas) | V. sp. (135839) | |
| Zanclean | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | V. sp. (79777) | |
| Zanclean | Holy See (Vatican City State) | V. magorum, V. auris (209253) | |
| Zanclean | Panama (Bocas) | V. sp. (61345) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | V. alfaroi (134656 134657 134667 134669 134673 134675 134680) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | V. africana (77479 77528) V. ponderos, V. africana (77527) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | V. sp. (79992 79993) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | V. cubaguanensis (79710) | |
| Piacenzian | Costa Rica | V. alfaroi (132644 134659) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | V. sp. (61341 79774 79794 79983 79989 80000 135885) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama | V. alfaroi (134663) | |
| Piacenzian | Costa Rica (Limon) | V. sp. (79796 79799 79802 79990) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | V. sp. (61339 61340 79998) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | V. mutabilis (92411) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | V. alfaroi (80304) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama (Bocas) | V. sp. (79871) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | V. africana (122945) V. paradisaica (122946) | |
| Pleistocene | Colombia | V. alfaroi (97679) | |
| Calabrian | Costa Rica (Limon) | V. sp. (79842) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Fulgoraria rupestris (192720) |