Volvaria bulloides Lamarck 1804 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1804. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5:28-36

Belongs to Volvaria according to J. B. Lamarck 1804

Sister taxa: Volvaria (Volvariella), Volvaria birmanica, Volvaria lahirii, Volvaria reticulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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