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Volutoderma perissa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutoderma perissa was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is SDNHM 33994 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SDNHM Loc. 3405 - Carlsbad area, off College Boulevard and Palomar Airport Road, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marginal marine /sandstone in the Point Loma Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. appressa, V. biplicata, V. dalli, V. elleryi, V. ovata, V. protracta, V. rigida, V. tennesseensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Volutoderma perissa Saul and Squires p. 228 figs. Figure 7.1–7.4

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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
speciesperissa

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 perissa Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Elongate, relatively narrow whorled Volutoderma, shell lacking shoulder angulation and having aciculate spire. Axial sculpture consisting mainly of aligned nodes on cords.
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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Volutoderma perissa (99312)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) Volutoderma perissa (type locality: 99313 220388)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Volutoderma perissa (190527)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Volutoderma perissa (83776)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Volutoderma perissa (180431)