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Volutacea

Gastropoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Volutacea Rafinesque
1957Volutacea Rivera p. 185
1964Volutacea Sohl p. 378
1980Volutacea Hickman p. 62
1983Volutacea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 106
1984Volutacea Squires p. 33
1987Volutacea Squires p. 42
1987Volutacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1992Volutoidea Ward p. 135
2002Volutoidea Kosnik
2004Volutoidea Stilwell et al. pp. 27, 47
2006Volutoidea Rosenberg et al.
2017Volutoidea Bouchet et al. p. 349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
Ptenoglossa(Gray 1853)
suborderGymnoglossa
superfamilyVolutaceaRafinesque 1815
superfamilyVolutaceaRafinesque 1815

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.

Superfm. Volutacea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. Vasidae Adams and Adams 1853
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G. †Eovasum Douvillé 1920
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Eovasum douvillei Olsson 1930
Eovasum frequens Mayer Emar 1895
Eovasum haimei d'Archiac and Haime 1854
Euvasum basatinensis Abbass 1967
Euvasum feranensis Abbass 1967
G. †Lupira Stephenson 1941
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Lupira disparila Sohl 1964
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941
Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964
Lupira variabilis Wade 1926
G. Ptychatractus Stimpson 1865
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Ptychatractus angustus Deshayes 1835
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Invalid names: Ptychatractus terebelloides d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
Ptychatractus interruptus Pilkington 1804
G. †Sceptrum
G. Tudicla Röding 1798
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Subg. Tudicla (Tudicla) Röding 1798
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Tudicla (Tudicla) vichiensis Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Invalid names: Tudicla (Tudicla) africana Abbass 1967 [valid], Tudicla (Tudicla) barakati Abbass 1967 [valid], Tudicla (Tudicla) vichiensis Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 [valid]
Tudicla aegyptiaca Mayer-Eyma 1895
Tudicla angulata Tate 1888
Tudicla costata Tate 1888
Tudicla secans Mayer-Eymar 1895
Tudicla thebaica Cuvillier 1933
Tudicla turbinata Tate 1888
Tudicla umbilicaris Mayer-Eyma 1895
Invalid names: Tudicula Ryckholt 1862 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:30:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:30:25
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Pliocene or 112.03000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 109.0 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt Tudicla sp. (98325)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Tudicla sp. (177758)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mozambique Tudicla geversi (174826)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Lupira disparila (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Lupira pyriformis (7482)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Tudicla carinata (28084)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Lupira turbinea, Lupira variabilis (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Lupira sp., Lupira turbinae, Lupira pyriformis, Lupira variabilis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lupira sp. (205408)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lupira pyriformis (7473 7476 7477 7487 7591 7592 7593) Lupira pyriformis, Lupira turbinea (7586 7590)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Lupira sp. (125950)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lupira sp. (4147 4160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Lupira sp. (4216 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lupira sp. (4399)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Concepcíon) Tudicla sp. (13309)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Tudicla carinata (28081) Tudicla carinata, Tudicla althi, Tudicla globosa, Tudicla sp. (27819) Tudicla carinata, Tudicla althi, Tudicla sp. (27818) Tudicla carinata, Tudicla sp. (27822)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Lupira danianum, Ptychatractus cataractus (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Tudicla carinata (177724)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Tudicla sp. (27625)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Egypt Tudicla peroni (87000)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Tudlica zottmaieri, Tudicla crassidariformis (84335)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Sceptrum sp. (2919 86184 205499 205525) Sceptrum sp. A (90606)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland Tudicla sp. (22944)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eovasum haimei (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Bulgaria (Varna) Tudicla cassidariformis (102400)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Sceptrum perulum (80495)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Sceptrum marylandicum (91859) Tudicla sp. B (91126)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Tudicla sp. B (99259)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Tudicla sp. B (91712 91890)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (3261 3266)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Eovasum haimei (46999)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Tudicla doylei (63548 63550)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Euvasum frequens (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Mitra terebelloides (171521)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Sceptrum perulum, Sceptrum sp. B (98277)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Tudicla doylei (63551)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (3259)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt (Sinai) Eovasum feranensis (2957)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Eovasum frequens (209386 209393 209394) Eovasum jacqueti, Eovasum senegalense (40798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica Eovasum sp. (5241)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya Volutacea indet. (49943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Eovasum sp. (76988) Ptychatractus fusiformis (2956)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Sceptrum sp. (205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Tudicla sp. A (90704)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Ptychatractus interruptus (42636 42639)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Eovasum basatinensis, Tudicla africana (2959) Tudicla barakati (2960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Eovasum vernoni (41453 61109 92391)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina Tudicula sp. (71599)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Tudicla rusticula (70242) Tudicula rusticula (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Tudicla rusticula (77624) Tudicula rusticula (77625)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) Tudicla rusticula (48660)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Tudicla rusticula (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Tudicla rusticula (65161)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Tudicula turbinata, Tudicula angulata (72210)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Tudicula rusticula (37377)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Tudicula spirilla (77658)