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Volutocorbis scabricula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta scabricula was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Volutocorbis scabriculus by Burton (1933); it was recombined as Athleta scabricula by Pomerol and Feugueur (1974); it was recombined as Volutocorbis scabricula by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Voluta scabricula Linnaeus
1933Volutocorbis scabriculus Burton
1974Athleta scabricula Pomerol and Feugueur
1995Volutocorbis scabricula Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166

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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
genusVolutocorbisConrad 1853
speciesscabricula(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

†Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758
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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: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Volutocorbis scabricula (3263)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Athleta scabricula (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Voluta scabricula (40523) Volutocorbis scabriculus (42636 42639)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Volutocorbis scabriculus (42640)