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Volutoderma elderi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutoderma elderi was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13197 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT Loc. 86, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Williams 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 elderi Saul and Squires p. 230 figs. Figure 8.3–8.7

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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
specieselderi

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 elderi Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Large, round-shouldered Volutoderma sculptured by widely spaced, narrow cords and having high, narrow spire with very steep sutural slope.
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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Volutoderma averillii (86794 type locality: 214144) Volutoderma elderi (72057 86793)