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Volutifusus
| Description | Volutifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volutifusus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Volutifusus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Volutifusus Conrad, 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (29%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 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) | L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volutifusus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Voluta obtusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Volutifusus acus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Volutifusus aguayoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Volutifusus asheri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Volutifusus georgiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Volutifusus marylandicus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Volutifusus meganucleus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Volutifusus mutabilis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Volutifusus piratica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Volutifusus torrei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Volutifusus typus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Bathyaurinia |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1863 | Volutifusus Conrad |
| 1967 | Aurinia (Volutifusus) Olsson p. 26 |
| 1987 | Volutifusus Ward and Blackwelder p. 132 |
| 1988 | Volutifusus Petuch p. 25 |
| 1989 | Volutifusus Darragh p. 216 |
References
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!
