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Tritonalia volutaeformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Hemifusus volutaeformis was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is UCMP 11056, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 452, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Tritonalia volutaeformis by Anderson and Hanna (1925).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Hemifusus volutaeformis Dickerson p. 67 figs. Plate 8, figures 4a, 4b
1925Tritonalia volutaeformis Anderson and Hanna p. 52

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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
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTritonaliaBruguière 1789
speciesvolutaeformis()

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.

Tritonalia volutaeformis Dickerson 1915
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Hemifusus volutaeformis (type locality: 207116)