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Volutoderma blakei

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutoderma blakei was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13174 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA Loc. 2415, Bee Canyon, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Williams Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Volutoderma blakei Saul and Squires p. 228 figs. Figure 6.1–6.4

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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
subfamilyVolutoderminaePilsbry and Olsson 1941
genusVolutoderma
speciesblakei

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.

Volutoderma blakei Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Large Volutoderma, shell slender in youth but with expanded penultimate and ultimate whorls; both spiral and axial sculpture at small and intermediate shell sizes, but primarily spiral cords at maturity; growth line sharply sinused at suture.
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 Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Rostellites gabbi (193032)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Volutoderma blakei (158090) Volutoderma gabbi (44271)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Volutoderma blakei (72057 86793 type locality: 86872)