Volutocorbis oregonensis Turner 1938 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: F. E. Turner. 1938. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper (10)1-130

Belongs to Volutocorbis according to F. E. Turner 1938

Sister taxa: Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni, Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae, Athleta (Volutocorbis) harnaiensis, Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii, Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei, Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis), Volutocorbis crenulifera, Volutocorbis digitalina, Volutocorbis elevata, Volutocorbis furoni, Volutocorbis inornatus, Volutocorbis lima, Volutocorbis minutus, Volutocorbis pakistanica, Volutocorbis scabricula, Volutocorbis virginiae

Type specimen: UC 33223, a shell. Its type locality is A-690, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Roseburg Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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