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Volvulella acuminata

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
V. californica, V. cannada, V. cylindrica (syn. V. cooperi), V. gluma, V. joaquinensis, V. meyer, V. oxyacrum, V. persimilis, V. tabori
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. charlesworthi, V. conradianus, V. garzai, V. lanceolata, V. loisae, V. minutissimus, V. phoinicoides, V. radius, V. reklawensis, V. rostrata, V. subradians, V. subradius, V. subspinosa, V. tritica, V. volutatus, V. wellsi, V. conradiana, V. ornata, V. phoinicoides

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchiata(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyRetusidaeThiele 1925
genusVolvulellaNewton 1891
speciesacuminata

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Volvulella acuminata (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Volvulella acuminata (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Volvulella acuminata (62899 62903 62929 62931 62934 62935 62936 62939 62941 62944 62952 62953 62961 62964)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Volvulella acuminata (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Volvulella acuminata (111599)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Volvulella acuminata (186883)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Volvulella acuminata (61895 61896 61897 61898 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62892)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Belgium Volvulella acuminata (77858 77859 77860)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Volvulella acuminata (179048 179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Volvulella acuminata (178117)