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Volutacea

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Volutacea was named by Rafinesque (1815) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9968 m. kosnik taxon no: 6168]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Volutoidea by Ward (1992), Kosnik (2002), Stilwell et al. (2004), Rosenberg et al. (2006), Bouchet et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Rachiglossa by Rivera (1957); to Gymnoglossa by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Stenoglossa by Sohl (1964), Ward (1992); to Neotaenioglossa by Stilwell et al. (2004); and to Neogastropoda by Hickman (1980), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Kosnik (2002), Rosenberg et al. (2006), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Vasidae
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2004-04-02; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Volutacea Rafinesque
1957Volutacea Rivera p. 185
1964Volutacea Sohl p. 378
1980Volutacea Hickman p. 62
1983Volutacea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 106
1984Volutacea Squires p. 33
1987Volutacea Squires p. 42
1987Volutacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1992Volutoidea Ward p. 135
2002Volutoidea Kosnik
2004Volutoidea Stilwell et al. pp. 27, 47
2006Volutoidea Rosenberg et al.
2017Volutoidea Bouchet et al. p. 349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
—Ptenoglossa(Gray 1853)
suborderGymnoglossa
superfamilyVolutaceaRafinesque 1815
superfamilyVolutaceaRafinesque 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.

Superfm. Volutacea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. Vasidae Adams and Adams 1853
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G. †Eovasum Douvillé 1920
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†Eovasum douvillei Olsson 1930
†Eovasum frequens Mayer Emar 1895
†Eovasum haimei d'Archiac and Haime 1854
†Euvasum basatinensis Abbass 1967
†Euvasum feranensis Abbass 1967
G. †Lupira Stephenson 1941
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†Lupira disparila Sohl 1964
†Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941
†Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964
†Lupira variabilis Wade 1926
G. Ptychatractus Stimpson 1865
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†Ptychatractus angustus Deshayes 1835
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Invalid names: Ptychatractus terebelloides d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Ptychatractus interruptus Pilkington 1804
G. †Sceptrum
G. Tudivasum Rosenberg and Petit 1987
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Subg. Tudivasum (Afer) Conrad 1858
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†Afer uhli Traub 1979
Tudivasum amandacantamessae Maxwell et al. 2024
Tudivasum annettae Maxwell et al. 2024
Tudivasum barbaracollinsae Maxwell et al. 2024
Tudivasum glendae Maxwell et al. 2024
Tudivasum inerme Angas 1878
Tudivasum kurtzi Macpherson 1964
Tudivasum spinosum Adams and Adams 1864
Tudivasum variabilis Maxwell et al. 2024
Invalid names: Tudicula Adams and Adams 1864 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:30:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:30:25
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Pliocene or 83.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Lupira disparila (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Lupira pyriformis (7482)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Lupira turbinea, Lupira variabilis (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Lupira sp. (125950)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lupira pyriformis (7473 7476 7477 7487 7591 7592 7593) Lupira pyriformis, Lupira turbinea (7586 7590)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Lupira sp. (4216 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lupira sp. (4399)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lupira sp. (4147 4160)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Lupira sp., Lupira turbinae, Lupira pyriformis, Lupira variabilis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lupira sp. (205408)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Lupira danianum, Ptychatractus cataractus (205466)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Tudlica zottmaieri, Afer uhli (84335)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Sceptrum sp. (2919 86184 205499 205525) Sceptrum sp. A (90606)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eovasum haimei (52132)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Sceptrum marylandicum (91859)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Sceptrum perulum (80495)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (3259)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Sceptrum perulum, Sceptrum sp. B (98277)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Mitra terebelloides (171521)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (3261 3266)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Euvasum frequens (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Eovasum haimei (46999)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Eovasum frequens (209386 209393 209394) Eovasum jacqueti, Eovasum senegalense (40798)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt (Sinai) Eovasum feranensis (2957)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Libya Volutacea indet. (49943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Eovasum sp. (76988) Ptychatractus fusiformis (2956)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jamaica Eovasum sp. (5241)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Sceptrum sp. (205489)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Eovasum basatinensis (2959)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (42636 42639)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Eovasum vernoni (41453 61109 92391)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Afer oostinghi (42173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Afer oostinghi (42170)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Afer couderti, Afer macrospira (77658)