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Voluta eomagna

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta eomagna was named by Vokes (1939) [questionably referred to Voluta by Vokes Lower-Middle Eocene; California]. Its type specimen is UCMP 15789 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lapparia eomagna by Vokes (1939) and Squires (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. conspicua, V. crenistria, V. cretacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Lapparia eomagna Vokes pp. 135-136 figs. 18: 18
1939Voluta eomagna Vokes pp. 135-136 figs. plate 18, fig. 18
2001Lapparia eomagna Squires p. 10

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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
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVolutaLinnaeaus 1758
specieseomagna

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.

†Voluta eomagna Vokes 1939
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Voluta eomagna (200722 200728 200753)