Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Synonym: Leporemax Iredale 1937
Parent taxon: Zidoninae according to T. A. Darragh 1989
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adelomelon, Ericusa, Guivillea, Harpovoluta, Iredalina, Livonia, Mauira, Mauithoe, Melo, Metamelon, Miomelon, Pachycymbiola, Pachymelon, Palaeomelon, Palomelon, Sigaluta, Spinomelon, Teremelon, Zidona, Zygomelon
Subtaxa: Alcithoe (Alcithoe) Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Alcithoe sarissa
Type: Voluta pacifica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (3)
• Miocene of Australia (5), New Zealand (14)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (3), New Zealand (12)
Total: 46 collections including 68 occurrences
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