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Volutilithinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutilithinae was named by Pilsbry and Olsson (1954).

It was synonymized subjectively with Volutinae by Darragh (1989).

It was assigned to Volutidae by Givens (1978), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Merle and Pacaud (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Volutilithinae Pilsbry and Olsson
1978Volutilithinae Givens p. 104
1995Volutilithinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2014Volutilithinae Merle and Pacaud p. 126

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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
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954

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.

Subfm. †Volutilithinae Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
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G. †Eopsephaea Fischer 1883
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†Eopsephaea berthae de Raincourt 1874
†Eopsephaea costaria Lamarck 1802
†Eopsephaea frederici Bayan 1870
†Eopsephaea relicta Bayan 1870
†Eopsephaea torulosa Deshayes 1835
†Eopsephaea uniplicata Sowerby in Dixon 1850
G. †Plejona Bolten 1798
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†Plejona mitrata Deshayes 1835
†Plejona musicalis Lamarck 1802
†Plejona sula Olsson 1930
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†Pseudaulicina coxi Merle and Pacaud 2014
G. †Rostellana Dall 1907
G. †Sindhiluta Merle and Pacaud 2014
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†Sindhiluta lakhraensis Merle and Pacaud 2014
G. †Volutilithes Swainson 1829
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†Volutilithes acuta Sowerby 1835
†Volutilithes angustata Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes clarae Harris 1899
†Volutilithes dumosa Conrad 1854
†Volutilithes gruneri Oppenheim 1915
†Volutilithes guillemaini Riedel 1933
†Volutilithes minor Guembel 1861
†Volutilithes multicostata Bellardi 1890
†Volutilithes muricinus Lamarck 1802
†Volutilithes nodifera von Koenen 1885
†Volutilithes orocopiaensis Squires and Advocate 1986
†Volutilithes permulticostata Telegdi-Roth 1914
†Volutilithes protensa Sowerby 1840
†Volutilithes pseudocostata Noetling 1896
†Volutilithes pusilla Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes sindhiensis Merle and Pacaud 2014
†Volutilithes spicata Böhm 1891
†Volutilithes symmetrica Conrad 1854
†Volutilithes torreyensis Givens 1978
†Volutilithes undulosus Traub 1938
†Volutilithes welcommei Merle and Pacaud 2014
†Volutilithes whitensis Maury 1912
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 100.50000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Volutilithes sp. (66734)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Rostellana constricta (209684)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Rostellana kysylkumensis (3808)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Volutilithes guillemaini (177976) Volutilithes pseudocostata (209665 209692)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mozambique Volutilithes scalaris (174826)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Cameroon Volutilithes guillemaini (209676) Volutilithes guillemaini, Volutilithes pseudocostata (94776)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Volutilithes angustata (221859)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Japan Volutilithes antiqua (4890)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Volutilithes angustata, Volutilithes fusiformis, Volutilithes spicata, Volutilithes minor, Volutilithes pusilla, Volutilithes subcorrugata (213668)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Rostellana aequaecostata, Volutilithes kneri (27818) Rostellana aequecostata, Volutilithes kneri (27819) Volutilithes kneri (27822)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Volutilithes florencis (90612)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Colombia (Guajira) Pseudaulicina sp. (99141)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Georgia) Volutilithes florencis (90641)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Eopsephaea subfusiformis (20816)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Egypt Volutilithes daniensis, Volutilithes desertorum (87000)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Volutilithes rugatus, Volutilithes limopsis (35081)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Volutilithes undulosus, Volutilithes nodifera (84335)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Volutilithes calabasasensis (239603)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Volutilithes nodifer (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267 51500)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Colombia Pseudaulicina sp. (180400)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Volutilithes gruneri, Volutilithes oppenheimi, Pseudaulicina simplex (7791)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Mali Volutilithes sp. (115411)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland Volutilithes deshayesianus, Volutilithes gormani, Volutilithes sp. (27019) Volutilithes deshayesianus, Volutilithes gormani, Volutilithes torulosus (27020)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Volutilithes pariaensis (80170)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Brazil Volutilithes radula, Volutilithes alticostatus (151586)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Volutilithes welcommei, Volutilithes sindhiensis, Pseudaulicina coxi, Sindhiluta lakhraensis (184086)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Volutilithes orocopiaensis (177611)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Volutilithes protensus (8025)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Athleta clarae (90609 92375) Lapparia sp. A (80792)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Volutilithes kohaticus (46999)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Volutilithes sp. (75319 75323 75324 75325 75328 75329 75331 75333 75339 75340 75341 75342 75343 75344 75346 75348 75351 75352 75353 75355 75357 75361 75365 75369 75370 75371 75380 75383 75391 75396 75397 75398 75401 75410)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Volutilithes municinus (3257)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Volutilithes sp. (207123)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Mexico (Chiapas) Volutilithes muricinus (79943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Volutilithes rourei, Volutilithes flandrini (40798)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain Volutilithes sp. (165187)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Volutilithes badrii (2956) Volutilithes osmani (2955)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Voluta muricina, Voluta musicalis, Voluta costaria (184112) Voluta musicalis, Voluta costaria (184107)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Volutilithes rakhiensis (184051)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Eopsephaea costaria (8125) Voluta mitrata, Eopsephaea costaria, Eopsephaea uniplicata, Eopsephaea relicta (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Volutilithes torreyensis (200718)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Volutilithes sp. (43753)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Voluta musicalis (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Volutilithes berthae, Volutilithes frederici, Volutilithes torulosus (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Croatia Voluta musicalis (124371)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) Plejona sula (52525 52526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Plejona conoides, Plejona petrosa (5436)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Somalia Volutilithes mokattamensis (78566)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Volutilithes symmetrica (208935)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Volutilithes torulosus (101967 101974 102019)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Volutilithes placentiger (78565)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria Volutilithes torulosus (102290)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago Volutilithes sp. (80172)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan Volutilithes sp. (179892)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Volutilithes permulticostata (8211)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Volutilithes permulticostata (41532) Volutilithes proxima (8338)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Volutilithes antiscalaris (74769)