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Volutospina conicoturrita

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutospina conicoturrita was named by Newton (1922).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. clayi, V. symmetrica, V. tuomeyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Volutospina conicoturrita Newton pp. 27-28 figs. 3: 1-2

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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
subfamilyAthletinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusVolutospinaConrad 1853
speciesconicoturrita

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Volutospina conicoturrita (51237 51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51244 51245 51246)