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Volutomitridae
Taxonomy
Volutomitridae was named by Gray (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7680]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Volutacea by Hickman (1980), Squires (1987); to Muricoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Turbinelloidea by Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Volutacea by Hickman (1980), Squires (1987); to Muricoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Turbinelloidea by Bouchet et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Volutomitridae Gray |
| 1980 | Volutomitridae Hickman p. 62 |
| 1987 | Volutomitridae Squires p. 42 |
| 1988 | Volutomitridae Ponder and Warén p. 307 |
| 1998 | Volutomitridae Beesley p. 842 |
| 2001 | Volutomitridae Todd |
| 2005 | Volutomitridae Bouchet et al. p. 256 |
| 2017 | Volutomitridae Bouchet et al. p. 351 |
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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.
Fm. Volutomitridae Gray 1854
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G. Microvoluta Angas 1877
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†Microvoluta complanata Tate 1889
†Microvoluta subcrenularis Tate 1889
Invalid names: Vexillitra [synonym]
G. Proximitra Finlay 1927
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Subg. †Proximitra (Proximitra) Finlay 1927
†Proximitra incisula Finlay 1926
G. Volutomitra Adams and Adams 1853
G. Waimatea Finlay 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Castlecliffian or 59.24000 to 0.34000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (39 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanetian | Australia (Victoria) | Proximitra trirugulata (6266 6267) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Australia (Victoria) | Microvoluta sp., Proximitra trirugulata, Volutomitra dilwyni (85124) | |
| Waipawan | New Zealand | Volutomitra sp. (51084) | |
| Bartonian | New Zealand | Parvimitra allani (64750) | |
| Kaiatan | New Zealand | Waimatea n. sp. cf. inconspicua, Waimatea lorensis (67839) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | Peculator plicatellus, Proximitra parki, Volutomitra iconspicua (45041) Peculator plicatellus, Proximitra parki, Volutomitra inconspicua (45037) | |
| Priabonian | Australia (Western Australia) | Microvoluta subcrenularis, Microvoluta complanata (205816) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | New Zealand | Waimatea n. sp. (67925) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | New Zealand (Central Otago) | Proximitra armorica (35116 35126 35128) Proximitra armorica, Waimatea sp. (35127) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Neoimbricaria patagonica (48068) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina | Neoimbricaria patagonica (66152 66153 66156 71540 71542 71543 185968) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (Dannevirke) | Proximitra rutidolomum (35658) | |
| Otaian - Altonian | New Zealand | Proximitra apicalis, Proximitra rutidoloma (77489) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Parvimitra ponsatanae, Proximitra rutidoloma (67899) Parvimitra pukeuriensis, Parvimitra apicalis, Parvimitra tumens (67900) Parvimitra pukeuriensis, Proximitra apicalis, Proximitra tumens (67896 67898) Parvimitra scopi, Parvimitra pukeuriensis, Proximitra rutidoloma, Waimatea othoniana (67897) | |
| Middle Miocene | New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) | Proximitra sp. (45182) | |
| Waiauan | New Zealand | Microvoluta nodulata (63089 63090) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | New Zealand (Wairarapa) | Vexillitra marwicki (35684) Vexillitra wainuioruensis (35691) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Proximitra sp. (135821 135828) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Fiji | Volutomitra vitilevensis (78066) | |
| Castlecliffian | New Zealand | Parvimitra pukeuriensis, Parvimitra scopi (89043) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Volutomitra greenlandica (178118) |