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Volutilithes ✝

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Volutilithes sp.

Lake Nacogdoches spillway, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Volutilithes sp.

Lake Nacogdoches spillway, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Volutilithes sp.

Lake Nacogdoches spillway, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4601613	https://www.gbif.org/species/4601613
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11846	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11846

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Volutilithes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Volutilithinae	Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
genus	Volutilithes	Swainson 1831

Scientific Name

Volutilithes Swainson, 1831

Name Published In

Swainson W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Volutilithes	genus	misspelling of Volutilithes	stated with evidence	Schlotheim, 1820
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Volutidae	stated without evidence	Conrad, 1855
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Volutidae	stated with evidence	Abbass, 1967
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Volutilithinae	stated with evidence	Squires and Advocate, 1986
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Volutinae	stated with evidence	Darragh, 1989
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Volutidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser and Mandic, 2001
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Fulgorariinae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat et al., 2006
Volutilithes	genus	belongs to Volutilithinae	stated with evidence	Merle and Pacaud, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Volutidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Volutidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Volutilithes (Volutilithes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Voluta clarae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Voluta protensa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes acuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes alticostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes angustata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes angustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes arizpensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes badrii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes bouziguesensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes calabasasensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Volutilithes calabasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes clarae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Volutilithes dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes fanivelonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes guizehensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes ickei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes inflatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes lisbonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes minor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes mixtus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes multicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Volutilithes muricina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes muricinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	55.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Volutilithes nodifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Volutilithes orocopiaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Volutilithes osmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes pariaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Volutilithes permulticostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Volutilithes precursor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes protensa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Volutilithes pusilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes rakhiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Volutilithes rourei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes sindhiensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Volutilithes spicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes stephaniae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes subcorrugata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes subfusiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes undulosus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Volutilithes uniplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volutilithes welcommei ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Volutilithes whitensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Volutilites Herrmannsen, 1849	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : *Volutilites*
Volubilithes Desio, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : *Volubilithes*
Volutalithes Conrad, 1855	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : *Volutalithes*
Volutilites Swainson, 1829	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : *Volutilites*
Volutolites Gray, 1855	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : *Volutolites*
Volithilites Gregorio, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : *Volithilites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1829	Volutilithes Swainson
1855	Volutatithes Conrad p. 11
1928	Volutilithes Nagao p. 116
1967	Volutilithes Abbass p. 108
1978	Volutilithes Givens p. 104
1986	Volutilithes Squires and Advocate p. 859

Year	Name and Author
1989	Volutilithes Darragh p. 206
2001	Volutilithes Harzhauser and Mandic p. 712
2002	Volutilithes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Volutilithes Perrilliat et al. p. 163
2014	Volutilithes Merle and Pacaud p. 126

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12 1, 11-140

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Squires R. L., Advocate D. M. (1986) New Early Eocene Mollusks from the Orocopia Mountains, Southern California, Journal of Paleontology 60 4, 851-864

Darragh T. A. (1989) A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia, Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 49 2, 195-308

Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795

Perrilliat M. D., Avendano J., et al (2006) Lower Eocene Gastropods from El Bosque Formation, Central Chiapas, Mexico, The Veliger 48 3, 151-169

Merle D., Pacaud J. (2014) Systematics, in Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography, Zootaxa 3826 1, 101-138 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Zool. Illust., (2) 2 (12), pl - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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