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Volutomorpha retifera

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutomorpha retifera was named by Dall (1907) [m. kosnik taxon no: 2383].

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Volutomorpha retifera Dall

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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
genusVolutomorpha
speciesretiferaDall 1907

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.

†Volutomorpha retifera Dall 1907
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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: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Volutomorpha retifera (7467)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Volutomorpha retifera (7477 7586 7602)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) Volutomorpha retifera (7461)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Volutomorpha retifera (4127 4147 4160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Volutomorpha retifera (4121)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Volutomorpha retifera (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Volutomorpha retifera (4593 7480 7493 7550)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Volutomorpha retifera (7486)