Carota Stephenson 1952 (volute)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1952. Larger invertebrate fossils of the Woodbine formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 242:1-225
Parent taxon: Volutoderminae according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stephenson 1952
Sister taxa: Longoconcha, Pakiluta, Retipirula, Varens, Volutoderma
Subtaxa: Carota dilleri Carota mitraeformis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (46: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 49 collections including 55 occurrences
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