Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 2008. Volutoderminae (Gastropoda: Volutidae) of Coniacian through Maastrichtian age from the North American Pacific Slope. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):213-237
Belongs to Volutoderma according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008
Sister taxa: Volutoderma (Rostellinda), Volutoderma antherena, Volutoderma averillii, Volutoderma blakei, Volutoderma elderi, Volutoderma elongata, Volutoderma jalama, Volutoderma magna, Volutoderma perissa, Volutoderma plicatula, Volutoderma querna, Volutoderma santana, Volutoderma ynezae, Volutoderma zitteliana
Type specimen: LACMIP 13190. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1159, Dayton Canyon, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Chatsworth Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at CIT loc. 1159, Dayton Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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