Volutella floridana

Volutella floridana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Volutella
Species:
V. floridana
Binomial name
Volutella floridana
(T. L. McGinty, 1940)
Synonyms

Vasum floridanum McGinty, 1940 superseded combination

Volutella floridana is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata of Florida, USA.

References

  1. ^ Volutella floridana(McGinty, 1940). 16 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • McGinty, T. L. (1940). New land and marine Tertiary shells from southern Florida. The Nautilus. 53(3): 81-84, pl. 10.
  • Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 526–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3. PMID 38480172. Retrieved 10 September 2024.