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Aulica (Aulica) scapha

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta scapha was named by Gmelin (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Aulica (Aulica) scapha by Oostingh (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Voluta scapha Gmelin
1879Voluta scapha Martin p. 26
1935Aulica (Aulica) scapha Oostingh p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAulicaSwainson 1831
subgenusAulicaGray 1847
speciesscapha(Gmelin 1792)

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Aulica scapha (70103)