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Volutomitridae

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Description

Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2684https://www.gbif.org/species/2684
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)62838https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62838
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutomitridae
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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutomitridaeGray 1854
Scientific NameVolutomitridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Volutomitridaefamilybelongs to Volutaceastated without evidenceHickman, 1980
Volutomitridaefamilybelongs to Muricoideastated with evidencePonder and Warén, 1988
Volutomitridaefamilybelongs to MuricoideaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Volutomitridaefamilybelongs to Muricoideastated with evidenceTodd, 2001
Volutomitridaefamilybelongs to Muricoideastated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (43%)
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Motilityactively mobile
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: Predatory and browsing carnivores according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5
Common Name(s) フデヒタチオビガイ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volutomitridae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Conomitra
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
14066.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Daffymitra
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Magdalemitra
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Microvoluta
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
759.2 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Neoimbricaria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
828.4 Ma
Oligocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Paradmete
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Peculator
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1341.3 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Proximitra
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2759.2 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Volutomitra
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
659.2 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Waimatea
genus
listed (PBDB)537.2 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Volutomitridae Gray
1980Volutomitridae Hickman p. 62
1987Volutomitridae Squires p. 42
1988Volutomitridae Ponder and Warén p. 307
1998Volutomitridae Beesley p. 842
2001Volutomitridae Todd
2005Volutomitridae Bouchet et al. p. 256

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Hickman C. S. (1980) Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon, Bulletins of American Paleontology 78 310, 1-112
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
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)
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae (pers. com.) - 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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