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Voluta alfaroi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta alfaroi was named by Dall (1912). It is a 3D body fossil.

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Voluta alfaroi Dall
1922Voluta alfaroi Olsson p. 99
1964Voluta alfaroi Woodring p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVolutaLinnaeaus 1758
speciesalfaroiDall 1912

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.

Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
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Voluta alfaroi eurytera Woodring 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Costa Rica Voluta alfaroi (77791)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Voluta alfaroi (93053 93054)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Voluta alfaroi (134656 134657 134667 134669 134673 134675 134680)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Voluta alfaroi (132644 134659)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Voluta alfaroi (134663)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Voluta alfaroi (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Colombia Voluta alfaroi (97679)