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Volutilithes orocopiaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutilithes orocopiaensis was named by Squires and Advocate (1986). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7168, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN 662, Orocopia Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Maniobra Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. antiqua, V. daniensis, V. desertorum, V. deshayesianus, V. rourei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Volutilithes orocopiaensis Squires and Advocate pp. 859-860

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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
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusVolutilithesSwainson 1829
speciesorocopiaensis

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.

†Volutilithes orocopiaensis Squires and Advocate 1986
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Volutilithes orocopiaensis (type locality: 177611)