Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: E. L. Packard. 1922. New species from the Cretaceous of the Santa Ana Mountains, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(10):413-462
Belongs to Volutoderma according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008
See also Anderson 1958, Elder and Saul 1993 and Packard 1922
Sister taxa: Volutoderma (Rostellinda), Volutoderma angelica, Volutoderma antherena, Volutoderma averillii, Volutoderma blakei, Volutoderma elderi, Volutoderma elongata, Volutoderma jalama, Volutoderma magna, Volutoderma perissa, Volutoderma plicatula, Volutoderma querna, Volutoderma ynezae, Volutoderma zitteliana
Type specimen: UCMP 12294. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2135, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Williams Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (12: California collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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