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Volva (Pellasimnia)

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Volva (Pellasimnia) was named by Iredale (1931). It is extant.

It was reranked as Pellasimnia by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Volva by MacNeil (1960); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Volva (Pellasimnia) Iredale
1960Volva (Pellasimnia) MacNeil p. 53
2002Pellasimnia 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
subgenusPellasimniaIredale 1931

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.

Subg. Volva (Pellasimnia) Iredale 1931
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†Pellasimnia maxwelli Beu and Marshall 2011
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Runangan to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 36.70000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 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) Volva sp. (42229)