Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parent taxon: Volutoderminae according to N. F. Sohl 1964
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Carota, Longoconcha, Pakiluta, Retipirula, Varens, Volutoderma
Subtaxa: Volutomorpha aspera Volutomorpha brasiliensis Volutomorpha dumasensis Volutomorpha gigantea Volutomorpha horrida Volutomorpha mungoensis Volutomorpha mutabilis Volutomorpha producta Volutomorpha retifera Volutomorpha similis Volutomorpha splendida Volutomorpha valida
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey, Texas collections)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Cameroon (4), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Egypt (2), Israel (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), South Africa (1), United States (73: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 88 collections including 124 occurrences
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