Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: C. W. Merriam and F. E. Turner. 1937. The Capay Middle Eocene of Northern California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24(6):91-114
Belongs to Voluta according to C. W. Merriam and F. E. Turner 1937
Sister taxa: Voluta (Agaronia), Voluta africana, Voluta alfaroi, Voluta anticingulata, Voluta bicorona, Voluta breviplicata, Voluta bulbula, Voluta calligona, Voluta camdeo, Voluta cantaurana, Voluta cincta, Voluta citharina, Voluta crenulata, Voluta cubaguaensis, Voluta depressa, Voluta eomagna, Voluta fimbriata, Voluta heptagonalis, Voluta induta, Voluta junghuhni, Voluta lawsoni, Voluta limbata, Voluta lyra, Voluta macroptera, Voluta martini, Voluta mitreola, Voluta muricata, Voluta musica, Voluta paytanica, Voluta purpuriformis, Voluta pyriformis, Voluta radula, Voluta rupestris, Voluta semilineata, Voluta septemcostata, Voluta sinuosa, Voluta sulcata, Voluta trichinopolitensis, Voluta uncifera, Voluta vautrini, Voluta vredenburgi
Type specimen: UCMP 33694. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-1315, Fenn Ranch, west of Winters, which is in a Ypresian submarine fan shale in the Capay Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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