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Volutopsius

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Volutopsius was named by Mörch (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Volutopsiinae by Titova (1994), Kos’yan and Kantor (2007).

Species
V. (Pyrulofusus), V. eurekaensis, V. mesleri
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. norwegicus, V. stefanssoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Volutopsius Mörch
1994Volutopsius Titova p. 322
2002Volutopsius Sepkoski
2007Volutopsius Kos’yan and Kantor

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutopsiinaeHabe and Sato 1972
genusVolutopsiusMörch 1857

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. Volutopsius Mörch 1857
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†Volutopsius eurekaensis Martin 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available