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Leptoscapha variculosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta variculosa was named by Lamarck (1802) [TYPE LOCALITY: Eocene, Grignon, France]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Leptoscapha variculosa by Fischer (1883).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Voluta variculosa Lamarck p. 479 figs. Pl 2, fig 10
1883Leptoscapha variculosa Fischer

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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
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusLeptoscaphaFischer 1883
speciesvariculosa()

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.

†Leptoscapha variculosa Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available