Volutomorpha gigantea Wade 1926 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Belongs to Volutomorpha according to B. Wade 1926

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Tennessee, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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