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Volutinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Volutinae Rafinesque
1960Volutinae MacNeil p. 95
1964Volutinae Woodring p. 287
1977Volutinae Adegoke p. 194
1984Volutinae Squires p. 35
1987Volutinae Squires p. 45
1988Volutinae Ponder and Warén p. 306
1989Volutinae Darragh pp. 204, 205
1994Volutinae Wilson p. 118
1995Volutinae Chiesa et al. p. 57
1995Volutinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
1997Volutinae Petuch p. 131
2003Volutinae Maxwell p. 385
2004Volutinae Harzhauser p. 139
2005Volutinae Bouchet et al. p. 256
2007Volutinae Harzhauser p. 106
2009Volutinae Harzhauser et al. p. 352
2010Volutinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 80
2014Volutinae Merle and Pacaud p. 107

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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
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815

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.

Subfm. Volutinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Calliotectum Dall 1890
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Invalid names: Prodallia Bartsch 1942 [synonym]
G. Callipara Gray 1847
G. †Chiraluta Olsson 1931
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†Chiraluta inca Olsson 1931
G. †Cordilyria Bayer 1971
G. †Cryptochorda Mörch 1858
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Subg. †Cryptochorda (Lyrianella) Nelson 1925
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Subg. †Cryptochorda (Neocryptochorda) Clark and Durham 1946
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†Cryptochorda stromboides Hermannsen 1781
G. †Ctenilyria Woodring 1964
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†Ctenilyria ctenista Woodring 1964
G. Cymbiola Swainson 1831
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Subg. Cymbiola (Aulicina) Roverato 1929
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†Aulicina macdonaldi Tate 1889
Invalid names: Aulica Gray 1847 [synonym], Cymbiolacca Iredale 1929 [synonym], Cymbiolena Iredale 1929 [synonym], Pseudocymbiola McMichael 1961 [synonym]
G. †Falsilyria Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
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†Falsilyria kendrewi Petuch 1997
G. †Festilyria Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
G. Harpula Swainson 1840
G. †Harpulina Dall 1906
G. †Leptoscapha Fischer 1883
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†Leptoscapha variculosa Lamarck 1802
G. Lyreneta Iredale 1937
Tr. Lyriini Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
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G. Lyria Gray 1847
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Subg. Lyria (Harpella) Adams and Adams 1858
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†Harpella harpularia Tate 1889
Subg. †Lyria (Harpeola) Dall 1907
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Invalid names: Voluta costata Swainson 1824 [replaced]
†Lyria (Harpeola) edwardsi d'Archaic 1853
†Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839
Subg. Lyria (Indolyria) Bail and Poppe 2001
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Lyria (Indolyria) doutei Bail and Poppe 2004
†Lyria (Indolyria) maniyaraensis Harzhauser et al. 2009
Subg. Lyria (Lyria) Gray 1847
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†Lyria (Lyria) gabbi Vokes 1998
†Lyria (Lyria) humerosa Edwards 1854
†Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
†Lyria (Lyria) picturata Grateloup 1834
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Invalid names: Voluta soror Sowerby 1850 [synonym]
Subg. †Lyria (Lyrispina) Banerjee and Halder 2024
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†Lyria (Lyrispina) cossmanni d'Archiac and Haime 1853
Subg. †Lyria (Pseudolyria) Martin 1931
†Lyria acuticostulata Darragh 1989
†Lyria anceps Michelotti 1861
†Lyria andersoni Waring 1917
†Lyria antarctica Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Lyria branderi Defrance 1829
†Lyria busera Olsson 1930
†Lyria carolinensis Kellum 1926
†Lyria coquillensis Turner 1938
†Lyria craticulata Darragh 2017
†Lyria dalli Ihering 1907
†Lyria decora Beyrich 1853
†Lyria gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Lyria gemmata Tate 1889
†Lyria goldfussi Deshayes 1865
†Lyria hannibali Waring 1917
†Lyria harpula Lamarck 1802
†Lyria lamellatoplicata Darragh and Kendrick 2008
†Lyria madrakahensis Harzhauser 2007
†Lyria mansfieldi Dall 1916
†Lyria mississippiensis Conrad 1843
Lyria mitraeformis Lamarck 1811
†Lyria musicinoides Maury 1934
Lyria nucleus Lamarck 1811
Lyria pattersonia Perry 1811
†Lyria peruviana Olsson 1931
†Lyria punjabensis Eames 1952
†Lyria sabulosa Olsson 1928
†Lyria samanaensis Cox 1930
†Lyria silicata Dall 1915
†Lyria vaughani Cooke 1919
†Lyria wilcoxiana Aldrich 1894
†Lyria zelandica Finlay 1924
Invalid names: Dallivoluta Okutani 1982 [synonym], Otocheilus Conrad 1865 [synonym], Paralyria Shuto 1962 [synonym], Sannilyria Pilsbry and Olsson 1954 [synonym]
G. †Lyriopsis Merle and Pacaud 2014
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†Lyriopsis cossmanni Cossmann and Pissarro 1909
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Invalid names: Lyria feddeni Vredenburg 1923 [synonym]
G. †Mitreola Swainson 1833
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†Mitreola brohii Merle and Pacaud 2014
†Mitreola labratula Lamarck 1803
†Mitreola monodonta Lamarck 1803
†Mitreola salaputium Darragh 1989
G. †Neptuneopsis Sowerby 1898
G. †Pseudaulica Furon 1948
G. †Teramachia Kuroda 1931
G. Voluta Linnaeaus 1758
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Subg. Voluta (Agaronia) Gray 1839
†Voluta africana Adegoke 1977
†Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
†Voluta alfaroi eurytera Woodring 1964
†Voluta anticingulata McCoy 1874
†Voluta bicorona Lamarck 1802
†Voluta breviplicata Forbes 1846
†Voluta bulbula Lamarck 1802
†Voluta calligona Maury 1934
†Voluta camdeo Forbes 1846
†Voluta cantaurana Gibson-Smith 1973
†Voluta cincta Forbes 1846
†Voluta citharina Forbes 1846
†Voluta crenulata Lamarck 1802
†Voluta cubaguaensis Gibson-Smith 1973
†Voluta depressa Lamarck 1802
†Voluta eomagna Vokes 1939
†Voluta fimbriata Zekeli 1852
†Voluta heptagonalis Tate 1889
†Voluta induta Goldfuss 1844
†Voluta junghuhni Martin 1879
†Voluta kirbyi Merriam and Turner 1937
†Voluta lawsoni Dickerson 1913
†Voluta limbata Tate 1889
†Voluta lyra Lamarck 1802
†Voluta macroptera McCoy 1874
†Voluta martini Dickerson 1915
†Voluta mitreola Lamarck 1802
†Voluta muricata Forbes 1846
Voluta musica Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Voluta carneolata Lamarck 1811 [synonym]
†Voluta paytanica Olsson 1930
†Voluta purpuriformis Forbes 1846
†Voluta pyriformis Forbes 1846
†Voluta radula Forbes 1846
Voluta rupestris Gmelin 1791
†Voluta semilineata Muenster 1841
†Voluta septemcostata Forbes 1846
†Voluta sinuosa Gabb 1861
†Voluta sulcata Gmelin 1791
†Voluta uncifera Tate 1889
†Voluta vautrini Jung 1965
†Voluta vredenburgi Cox 1930
G. †Volutomorpha Gabb 1876
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†Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907
†Volutomorpha conradi Gabb 1860
†Volutomorpha cretacea Conrad 1865
†Volutomorpha gigantea Wade 1926
†Volutomorpha horrida Riedel 1933
†Volutomorpha mungoensis Reyment 1955
†Volutomorpha producta Sohl 1964
†Volutomorpha retifera Dall 1907
†Volutomorpha similis Riedel 1933
†Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964
G. †Woodsivoluta Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (484 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Pseudolyria ferganensis, Pseudolyria tachtamyschensis (3793)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Volutomorpha graysonensis (6589)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Voluta cretacea (140889)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Voluta conspicua, Volutomorpha baylei (114802)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Nigeria (Enugu) Volutomorpha mungoensis (90241)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Volutomorpha horrida, Volutomorpha similis (177976) Volutomorpha sp., Volutomorpha horrida, Volutomorpha similis (209692)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Congo-Brazzaville Volutomorpha similis (191892)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Egypt Volutomorpha baylei (114806)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Congo-Brazzaville Volutomorpha mungoensis (191893)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Volutomorpha sp. (5159)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Africa Volutomorpha sp. (82729)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Volutomorpha sp., Volutomorpha conradi (88610)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Volutomorpha sp. (6136)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Cameroon Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha similis (94776) Volutomorpha horrida (209676)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Volutomorpha conradi (3618 3620)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Volutomorpha splendida (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Voluta semilineata (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Volutomorpha sp. (6146 6155 6170 6171)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel Volutomorpha sp. (80990)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha gigantea, Volutomorpha mutabilis (88357)