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Involuta ishwari

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Involuta ishwari was named by Banerjee and Halder (2024). Its type specimen is PG/CG/Vl38, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Involuta ishwari Banerjee and Halder pp. 37, 38 figs. 10H-N

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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
speciesishwari

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 ishwari Banerjee and Halder 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2024Very large, ovate, involute shell with apical umbillicus;
large and bulbous protoconch; wide and flat shelf with strongly
angular shoulder; whorl side depressed posteriorly, strongly
inflated later; long crescentic aperture, covering entire length of
last whorl; blunt collabral ridge present; growth lines sinuous posteriorly, straight at whorl side and bend back at base.
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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Involuta ishwari (236722)