Volutomorpha similis Riedel 1933 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluß in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154

Belongs to Volutomorpha according to L. Riedel 1933

Sister taxa: Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha brasiliensis, Volutomorpha dumasensis, Volutomorpha gigantea, Volutomorpha horrida, Volutomorpha mungoensis, Volutomorpha mutabilis, Volutomorpha producta, Volutomorpha retifera, Volutomorpha splendida, Volutomorpha valida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (3 collections), the Congo-Brazzaville (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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