Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Aurinia (Volutifusus)
Parent taxon: Scaphellinae according to T. A. Darragh 1989
See also Olsson 1967, Petuch 1988 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Ampulla, Atraktus, Caricella, Eoscaphella, Montia, Myobarbum, Parafusus, Scaphellopsis, Sycospira
Subtaxa: Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa Volutifusus acus Volutifusus asheri Volutifusus marylandicus Volutifusus meganucleus Volutifusus mutabilis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida, North Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
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