Voluta purpuriformis Forbes 1846 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Voluta according to E. Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Voluta africana, Voluta alfaroi, Voluta anticingulata, Voluta bicorona, Voluta breviplicata, Voluta bulbula, Voluta calligona, Voluta camdeo, Voluta cantaurana, Voluta cincta, Voluta citharina, Voluta crenulata, Voluta cubaguaensis, Voluta depressa, Voluta eomagna, Voluta fimbriata, Voluta heptagonalis, Voluta induta, Voluta junghuhni, Voluta kirbyi, Voluta lawsoni, Voluta limbata, Voluta lyra, Voluta macroptera, Voluta martini, Voluta mitreola, Voluta muricata, Voluta musica, Voluta paytanica, Voluta pyriformis, Voluta radula, Voluta rupestris, Voluta semilineata, Voluta septemcostata, Voluta sulcata, Voluta trichinopolitensis, Voluta uncifera, Voluta vautrini, Voluta vredenburgi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Voluta purpuriformis in the database

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