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Voluta africana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta africana was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 384 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Voluta africana Adegoke p. 200 figs. Plate 30, Figs. 27-29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVolutaLinnaeaus 1758
speciesafricana

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Voluta africana Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Pleistocene or 61.66000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Voluta africana (type locality: 7791)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Voluta africana (77479 77527)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Voluta africana (122945)