Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1876. Notes on American Cretaceous Fossils with Descriptions of Some New Species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:276-324
Parent taxon: Volutinae according to W. M. Gabb 1876
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964
Sister taxa: Calliotectum, Callipara, Chiraluta, Cordilyria, Cryptochorda, Ctenilyria, Cymbiola, Falsilyria, Festilyria, Harpula, Harpulina, Leptoscapha, Lyreneta, Lyriini, Neptuneopsis, Pseudaulica, Teramachia, Voluta, Woodsivoluta
Subtaxa: Volutomorpha aspera Volutomorpha brasiliensis Volutomorpha conradi Volutomorpha cretacea Volutomorpha delawarensis Volutomorpha dumasensis Volutomorpha gigantea Volutomorpha horrida Volutomorpha mungoensis Volutomorpha mutabilis Volutomorpha producta Volutomorpha retifera Volutomorpha similis Volutomorpha splendida Volutomorpha valida
Type: Volutilithes conradi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey, Texas collections)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Cameroon (4), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Egypt (2), Israel (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), South Africa (1), United States (73: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 88 collections including 124 occurrences
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