Volvaria Lamarck 1810 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Parent taxon: Cylindromitrinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Volvaria (Volvariella) Volvaria birmanica Volvaria bulloides Volvaria lahirii Volvaria reticulata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (3 collections)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Myanmar (1)

• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (23: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences

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