†Volutifusus marylandicus Petuch 1988 (volute)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217
Belongs to Volutifusus according to E. J. Petuch 1988
Sister taxa: Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa, Volutifusus acus, Volutifusus asheri, Volutifusus meganucleus, Volutifusus mutabilis
Type specimen: ANSP 52881, a shell. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm]
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