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Volutilithes
Taxonomy
Volutilithes was named by Swainson (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 614,909].
It was assigned to Volutinae by Adegoke (1977) and Darragh (1989); to Volutidae by Conrad (1855), Nagao (1928), Abbass (1967) and Harzhauser and Mandic (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fulgorariinae by Perrilliat et al. (2006); and to Volutilithinae by Givens (1978), Squires and Advocate (1986) and Merle and Pacaud (2014).
It was assigned to Volutinae by Adegoke (1977) and Darragh (1989); to Volutidae by Conrad (1855), Nagao (1928), Abbass (1967) and Harzhauser and Mandic (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fulgorariinae by Perrilliat et al. (2006); and to Volutilithinae by Givens (1978), Squires and Advocate (1986) and Merle and Pacaud (2014).
Species
V. (Afrovolutilithes), V. (Volutilithes), V. acuta, V. angustata, V. calabasasensis, V. clarae, V. dumosa, V. fusiformis, V. gruneri, V. guillemaini, V. minor, V. multicostata, V. muricinus, V. nodifera, V. orocopiaensis, V. pariaensis, V. permulticostata, V. protensa, V. pseudocostata, V. pusilla, V. rakhiensis, V. sindhiensis, V. spicata, V. subcorrugata, V. symmetrica, V. torreyensis, V. undulosus, V. welcommei, V. whitensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Volutilithes Swainson |
| 1855 | Volutatithes Conrad p. 11 |
| 1928 | Volutilithes Nagao p. 116 |
| 1967 | Volutilithes Abbass p. 108 |
| 1977 | Volutilithes Adegoke p. 194 |
| 1978 | Volutilithes Givens p. 104 |
| 1986 | Volutilithes Squires and Advocate p. 859 |
| 1989 | Volutilithes Darragh p. 206 |
| 2001 | Volutilithes Harzhauser and Mandic p. 712 |
| 2002 | Volutilithes Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Volutilithes Perrilliat et al. p. 163 |
| 2014 | Volutilithes Merle and Pacaud p. 126 |
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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. †Volutilithes Swainson 1829
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Subg. †Volutilithes (Afrovolutilithes) Adegoke 1977
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†Volutilithes (Afrovolutilithes) oppenheimi Adegoke 1977
Subg. †Volutilithes (Volutilithes) Swainson 1829
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†Volutilithes (Volutilithes) badrii Abbass 1967
†Volutilithes (Volutilithes) osmani Abbass 1967
†Volutilithes acuta Sowerby 1835
†Volutilithes angustata Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes calabasasensis Nelson 1925
†Volutilithes clarae Harris 1899
†Volutilithes dumosa Conrad 1854
†Volutilithes fusiformis Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes gruneri Oppenheim 1915
†Volutilithes guillemaini Riedel 1933
†Volutilithes minor Guembel 1861
†Volutilithes multicostata Bellardi 1890
†Volutilithes muricinus Lamarck 1802
†Volutilithes nodifera von Koenen 1885
†Volutilithes orocopiaensis Squires and Advocate 1986
†Volutilithes pariaensis Maury 1912
†Volutilithes permulticostata Telegdi-Roth 1914
†Volutilithes protensa Sowerby 1840
†Volutilithes pseudocostata Noetling 1896
†Volutilithes pusilla Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes rakhiensis Eames 1952
†Volutilithes sindhiensis Merle and Pacaud 2014
†Volutilithes spicata Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes subcorrugata Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes symmetrica Conrad 1854
†Volutilithes torreyensis Givens 1978
†Volutilithes undulosus Traub 1938
†Volutilithes welcommei Merle and Pacaud 2014
†Volutilithes whitensis Maury 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 100.50000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (91 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | Germany | V. sp. (66734) | |
| Coniacian | Cameroon | V. guillemaini (177976) V. pseudocostata (209665 209692) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Cameroon | V. guillemaini (209676) V. guillemaini, V. pseudocostata (94776) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Mozambique | V. scalaris (174826) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | V. angustata (221859) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan | V. antiqua (4890) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany | V. angustata, V. fusiformis, V. spicata, V. minor, V. pusilla, V. subcorrugata (213668) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | V. kneri (27818 27819 27822) | |
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | V. florencis (90612) | |
| Danian | USA (Georgia) | V. florencis (90641) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | V. rugatus, V. limopsis (35081) | |
| Danian - Selandian | Egypt | V. daniensis, V. desertorum (87000) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | V. undulosus, V. nodifera (84335) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Mali | V. sp. (115411) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | V. nodifer (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267 51500) | |
| Selandian | Nigeria | V. gruneri, V. oppenheimi (7791) | |
| Thanetian | Trinidad and Tobago | V. pariaensis (80170) | |
| Thanetian | Poland | V. deshayesianus, V. gormani (27020) V. deshayesianus, V. gormani, V. sp. (27019) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | V. orocopiaensis (177611) | |
| Ypresian | Spain | V. sp. (75319 75323 75324 75325 75328 75329 75331 75333 75339 75340 75341 75342 75343 75344 75346 75348 75351 75352 75353 75355 75357 75361 75365 75369 75370 75371 75380 75383 75391 75396 75397 75398 75401 75410) | |
| Ypresian | Pakistan | V. welcommei, V. sindhiensis (184086) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | V. protensus (8025) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Athleta clarae (90609 92375) Lapparia sp. A (80792) | |
| Ypresian | India (Rajasthan) | V. kohaticus (46999) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | V. sp. (207123) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil | V. radula, V. alticostatus (151586) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | V. municinus (3257) | |
| Lutetian | France | Voluta muricina (184112) | |
| Lutetian | Egypt | V. badrii (2956) V. osmani (2955) | |
| Lutetian | Spain | V. sp. (165187) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | V. rourei, V. flandrini (40798) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan | V. rakhiensis (184051) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | V. torreyensis (200718) | |
| Lutetian | Mexico (Chiapas) | V. muricinus (79943) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | V. sp. (43753) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | V. placentiger (78565) | |
| Priabonian | Trinidad and Tobago | V. sp. (80172) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Somalia | V. mokattamensis (78566) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | V. symmetrica (208935) | |
| Rupelian | Japan | V. sp. (179892) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Hungary | V. permulticostata (41532) V. proxima (8338) | |
| Chattian | Hungary | V. permulticostata (8211) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Victoria) | V. antiscalaris (74769) |