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Volutifusus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutifusus was named by Conrad (1863).

It was reranked as Aurinia (Volutifusus) by Olsson (1967).

It was assigned to Aurinia by Olsson (1967); to Volutidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); and to Scaphellinae by Petuch (1988), Darragh (1989).

Species
Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa, V. acus, V. asheri, V. marylandicus, V. meganucleus, V. mutabilis (syn. Voluta lamberti)
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. emmonsi, V. halscotti, V. obtusus, V. spengleri, V. typhis
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-25; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Volutifusus Conrad
1967Aurinia (Volutifusus) Olsson p. 26
1987Volutifusus Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1988Volutifusus Petuch p. 25
1989Volutifusus Darragh p. 216

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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
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusVolutifususConrad 1863

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.

G. †Volutifusus Conrad 1863
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†Volutifusus acus Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus asheri Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus marylandicus Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus meganucleus Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus mutabilis Conrad 1834
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Invalid names: Voluta lamberti Morton 1830 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) V. mutabilis (69017 69032) V. mutabilis, V. acus, V. marylandicus, V. meganucleus, V. asheri (92325)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Aurinia mutabilis (60940)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Aurinia obtusa (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Aurina mutabilis (59487) Aurinia obtusa (79761 79765) V. emmonsi (79960) V. spengleri, V. obtusus (79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Scaphella obtusa (78268)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) V. halscotti (79748)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Aurinia obtusa (59316 59318) V. typhis (58898)