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Volva

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Volva was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Amphiperatinae by MacNeil (1960); to Ovulidae by Ladd (1982), Wilson (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Volva Röding pp. 21-22
1960Volva MacNeil p. 53
1982Volva Ladd p. 38
1993Volva Wilson p. 207
2002Volva Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOvulidaeFleming 1822
genusVolvaRöding 1798

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.

G. Volva Röding 1798
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Subg. Volva (Pellasimnia) Iredale 1931
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Pellasimnia maxwelli Beu and Marshall 2011
Subg. Volva (Volva) Röding 1798
Volva javana Martin 1899
Volva volva Linnaeus 1758
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 07:45:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:45:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Runangan to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 36.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 34.6 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Pellasimnia maxwelli (176736)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) V. sp. (42229)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Ovula javana (45344)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Neosimnia javana (72096 72098 72099)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Amphiperas javana (70084)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu V. volva (78043)