Volutomorpha brasiliensis Maury 1930 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305

Belongs to Volutomorpha according to C. J. Maury 1930

Sister taxa: Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha dumasensis, Volutomorpha gigantea, Volutomorpha horrida, Volutomorpha mungoensis, Volutomorpha mutabilis, Volutomorpha producta, Volutomorpha retifera, Volutomorpha similis, Volutomorpha splendida, Volutomorpha valida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone)

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