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Volutharpa ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2304808https://www.gbif.org/species/2304808
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)391239https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=391239
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Volutharpa
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBuccininaeRafinesque 1815
genusVolutharpaP.Fischer 1856
Scientific NameVolutharpa P.Fischer, 1856
Name Published InFischer P. (1856). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 5(1): 84-87.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Volutharpagenusbelongs to Buccininaestated without evidenceTitova, 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Buccinidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Buccinidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. V. Titova. 1994. Cenozoic history of Turritelloidea and Buccinoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the North Pacific. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 108:319-334

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Volutharpa ampullacea
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Volutharpa nipponkaiensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Volutharpa perryi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1855Volutharpa Fisher
1994Volutharpa Titova p. 322

References

Titova L. V. (1994) Cenozoic history of Turritelloidea and Buccinoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the North Pacific, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 108, 319-334
CoL2006 - 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
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J. Conchyliol., 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Fischer P. (1856). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 5(1): 84-87. - via World Register of Marine Species
Yamazaki T., Sonoda T., Nobetsu T. & Goshima S. (2018). Contribution to the knowledge of the taxonomy of the Japanese species of Volutharpa (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Venus. 76(1-4): 1-18. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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