Volvarina tumulensis Lozouet 1998 (margin shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Full reference: P. Lozouet. 1998. Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4):61-102

Belongs to Volvarina according to P. Lozouet 1998

Sister taxa: Hyalina (Volvarina) lustra, Marginella (Volvarina) kayalensis, Marginella (Volvarina) nitida, Marginella (Volvarina) oryzoides, Volvarina albolineata, Volvarina avena, Volvarina collina, Volvarina cossmanni, Volvarina leander, Volvarina nitida, Volvarina taeniata, Volvarina taeniolata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (4 collections)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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