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Volutilithes protensa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta protensa was named by Sowerby (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Volutilithes protensa by King and King (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. antiqua, V. daniensis, V. desertorum, V. deshayesianus, V. rourei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Voluta protensa Sowerby
1854Voluta protensa Edwards
1976Volutilithes protensa King and King

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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
genusVolutilithesSwainson 1829
speciesprotensa(Sowerby 1840)

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.

†Volutilithes protensa Sowerby 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available