Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1977. First occurrence of Volutocorbis Dall in the Tertiary of western North America and a review of the subgenus Retipirula Dall (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Paleontology 51(1):177-180
Belongs to Volutocorbis according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1977
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 oregonensis, Volutocorbis pakistanica, Volutocorbis scabricula
Type specimen: UCR 6887-11, a shell. Its type locality is Simi Hills, Las Virgenes Sandstone, which is in a Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Simi Hills, Las Virgenes Sandstone
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