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Volutospina kohatica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutospina kohatica was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68316, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1906, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Drug Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. clayi, V. symmetrica, V. tuomeyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Volutospina kohatica Eames p. 111 figs. Pl 4, figs 96a,b, 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAthletinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusVolutospinaConrad 1853
specieskohatica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Volutospina kohatica Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) Volutospina kohatica (101938)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Volutospina kohatica (183832 183835 183926 184022)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Volutospina kohatica (type locality: 183919)