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Volutoderma antherena
Taxonomy
Volutoderma antherena was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13226 and is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Volutoderma antherena Saul and Squires p. 232 figs. Figure 10.7, 10.8 |
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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 antherena Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008 | Vasiform volute with four strong spiral cords heavily noded at intersections with broad axial costae; shell slight- ly constricted just posterior to columellar folds; siphonal area with noded cord anterior to constriction. Spire conical. Growth line with notch at suture, prosocert across the ramp, sinused at the posterior row of nodes, and relatively straight toward the anterior sinus. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available