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Volvarina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Marginella (Volvarina) Hinds p. 75
1928Marginella (Volvarina) Woodring p. 236
1935Marginella (Volvarina) Oostingh p. 102
1947Marginella (Volvarina) Gardner p. 394
1948Marginella (Volvarina) Gardner p. 261
1953Marginella (Volvarina) Olsson and Harbison p. 203
1961Marginella (Volvarina) Dey
1962Hyalina (Volvarina) Weisbord p. 415
1970Volvarina Woodring p. 330
1982Marginella (Volvarina) Ladd p. 59
1987Volvarina Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1993Volvarina Wilson p. 143
1998Volvarina Lozouet p. 96
2001Volvarina Nehm p. 695
2001Volvarina Todd
2002Volvarina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusVolvarina(Hinds 1844)

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. Volvarina Hinds 1844
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Hyalina (Volvarina) lustra Weisbord 1962
Volvarina albolineata d'Orbigny 1842
Volvarina avena Kiener 1834
Volvarina collina Olsson 1922
Volvarina cossmanni Peyrot 1928
Volvarina leander Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Volvarina nitida Hinds 1844
Volvarina taeniata Sowerby 1846
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Invalid names: Marginella minor Jousseaume 1877 [synonym]
Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860
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Invalid names: Hyalina californica Tomlin 1916 [synonym]
Volvarina tumulensis Lozouet 1998
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 08:20:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France V. tumulensis (74857)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) V. tumulensis (74865)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France V. tumulensis (74866)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Marginella kayalensis (72033)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Marginella oryzoides (41760 42328 42443)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France V. tumulensis (74868 74870)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy V. elongata, V. parvula (178108)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Marginella berauensis (70081 70107)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Marshall Islands V. avena (77987)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) V. sp. (135818)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Marginella eobella (43049) V. eobella (111204)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) V. leander (142906 145254 145278 145335 145343 145344 145345) V. sp. (61334)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Marginella leander (134661) V. leander (93051 93052 93059 93159 93162 93171 93172 93174 93175 93176 93177 93222 93224) V. sp. (145523)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago V. sp. A (60408 60637)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain V. sp. (56687)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) V. sp. (61347 135816 135821 135828 135829)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (61346 79795 135889)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Hyalina lustra (41541 41543)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago V. sp. B (60410 60414 60415 60417)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (79858 79994 135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Marginella sp. (84521)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Marginella avena (134657 134667)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador V. taeniolata (96596)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela V. lustra (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Marginella sp. (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Marginella avena (59307) V. avena (58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) V. sp. (79993)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Marginella minor (134768 134769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) V. sp. (61339 61340 61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Marginella collina (134664)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) V. sp. (79796 79799 79800)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (61336 61337 79771 79772 79794 79988 79989 79999 135876 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Marginella minor (51880)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Marginella minor (51878)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Marginella minor (51879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (61338 79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Marginella minor (66777 66778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Hyalina albolineata, Hyalina avenacea (61309) Marginella acusvesta (79338) Marginella belloides, Marginella acusvesta (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) V. taeniolata (202495)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Hyalina californica (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Hyalina californica (96590)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) V. sp. (79835 79842)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Hyalina californica (203095 223525) V. varia (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Angola V. sp. (152644)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Hyalina albolineata (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) V. capensis (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) V. taeniolata (89573 194405)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica V. gracilis (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia V. eumorpha (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ecuador Marginella minor (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Hyalina californica (96566 96895 160361 219030 222972) V. varia (222659 222660 222661 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Hyalina californica (96591)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China V. vokesi (96349)