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Volutostrombus eocenica

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Volutostrombus eocenica was named by Garvie (2013). Its type specimen is TMM NPL46617, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 145-T-52: Two-Mile Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Volutostrombus eocenica Garvie pp. 168 - 169 figs. Pl. 1, Figs 13–16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVolutostrombus
specieseocenica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Volutostrombus eocenica Garvie 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:30
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Volutostrombus eocenica (type locality: 176783 205410)