Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12(1):11-140
Belongs to Athleta (Volutospina) according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus, Athleta (Volutospina) athleta, Athleta (Volutospina) dentata, Athleta (Volutospina) depauperatus, Athleta (Volutospina) jacobsi, Athleta (Volutospina) luctator, Athleta (Volutospina) mekranica, Athleta (Volutospina) nishimurai, Athleta (Volutospina) nodosa, Athleta (Volutospina) noetlingi, Athleta (Volutospina) sindiensis, Athleta (Volutospina) spinosa, Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua, Athleta (Volutospina) suspensus, Volutospina conicoturrita, Volutospina crassiuscula, Volutospina kohatica, Volutospina meridionalis, Volutospina multispinosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Eocene of Japan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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