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Indovoluta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Indovoluta was named by Eames (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Indovolutinae.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Indovolutinae by Halder and Das (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Indovoluta Eames
2002Indovoluta Sepkoski
2019Indovoluta Halder and Das

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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
subfamilyIndovolutinae
genusIndovolutaEames 1956

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. †Indovoluta Eames 1956
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Indovoluta humberti d'Archaic and Haime 1854
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Halder and S. Das 2019Large bulbous protoconch; teleoconch with 3–5 whorls; shape biconic to ovate, large whorl overlapping from > 90% to involute with development of apical umbilicus; generally with prominent shoulder; growth lines straight on whorl side, with sinus on shelf or shoulder; narrow parallelsided aperture, rectangular to crescentic in shape; 4–15 elaborately developed columellar plaits; surface smooth to ornamented with spiral and axial ribs and shoulder tubercles
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 Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Pakistan Gosavia humberti (77279)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07India (Kutch) I. humberti (210772)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Gosavia humberti (77380 77394 77395)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Gosavia humberti (183832 183833 183926 183933)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) I. humberti (46999)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kachchh) I. humberti (235649)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Himachal Pradesh) Gosavia humberti (81505)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Gosavia humberti (47022 77376 77377 77382 183846 183847 183864 183865 183866 183893 183895 183897 183923 183929 183935 183953 183954 183968 183969 184026 184032 184051 184053 184054 184055 184056 184058 184059 184060)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India I. humberti (235541)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kutch) I. humberti (210769)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Gosavia humberti (183862 183869 184057)