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Involuta coxi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Involuta coxi was named by Halder and Das (2019). Its type specimen is PG/KG/Vl 42, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Type section of Harudi Formation, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Harudi Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Involuta coxi Halder and Das p. 11 figs. 6.1-6.7

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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
subfamilyIndovolutinae
genusInvoluta
speciescoxi

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.

†Involuta coxi Halder and Das 2019
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Halder and S. Das 2019Small (largest 47.5 mm height, 26 mm diameter), convolute, ovate-conical; protoconch paucispiral, slightly greater than one whorl, bulbous, smooth; teleoconch < 3 whorls; whorl side rounded toward posterior, conical anteriorly; suture impressed; aperture narrow, slightly wide anteriorly, posteriorly curved and almost straight in anterior part; shelf narrow, horizontal; shoulder rounded, not prominent; ∼ 15 more or less regularly arranged columellar plaits, stronger and more closely spaced toward anterior; basal constriction weak; columella only slightly curved; shell thin; growth lines straight on whorl side, unknown on shelf and anterior end; suture at latest ontogeny slightly upturned along with slightly constricted labrum in internal mold
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: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kutch) Involuta coxi (210769)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kachchh) Involuta coxi (235649)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India Involuta coxi (type locality: 235541)