Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466
Belongs to Volutilithes according to R. N. Nelson 1925
Sister taxa: Volutilithes (Afrovolutilithes), Volutilithes (Volutilithes), Volutilithes acuta, Volutilithes angustata, Volutilithes clarae, Volutilithes dumosa, Volutilithes fusiformis, Volutilithes guillemaini, Volutilithes minor, Volutilithes multicostata, Volutilithes muricinus, Volutilithes nodifera, Volutilithes orocopiaensis, Volutilithes pariaensis, Volutilithes permulticostata, Volutilithes protensa, Volutilithes pseudocostata, Volutilithes pusilla, Volutilithes rakhiensis, Volutilithes sindhiensis, Volutilithes spicata, Volutilithes subcorrugata, Volutilithes symmetrica, Volutilithes torreyensis, Volutilithes undulosus, Volutilithes welcommei, Volutilithes whitensis
Type specimen: UC 30571, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3769, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 3769, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills
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