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Volvaria ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7989412	https://www.gbif.org/species/7989412
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11855	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11855

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Volvaria

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Volvaria

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	Mitridae	Swainson 1831
subfamily	Cylindromitrinae	Cossmann 1899
genus	Volvaria	Lamarck 1801

Scientific Name

Volvaria Lamarck, 1801

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1801. Systéme des animaux sans vertèbres. Deterville, Paris.: i-viii; 1-432; pls. 1-6.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Volvaria	genus	belongs to Cylindromitrinae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Volvaria	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Mitridae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Mitridae)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Volvaria (Volvariella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		6	56.0 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Volvaria alabamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volvaria alabamiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volvaria birmanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Volvaria bulloides ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Volvaria capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Volvaria lahirii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Volvaria reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Valvaria Swainson, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : *Valvaria*
Volvarius Montfort, 1810	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : *Volvarius*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1810	Volvaria Lamarck
1995	Volvaria Pacaud and Le Renard p. 172
2002	Volvaria Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

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

Syst. Anim. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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