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Volutilithes rakhiensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutilithes rakhiensis was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68324, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1933, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Baska Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Volutilithes rakhiensis Eames p. 112 figs. Pl 4, fig 98

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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
speciesrakhiensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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