Volutella floridana
| Volutella floridana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Volutella |
| Species: | †V. floridana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Volutella floridana (T. L. McGinty, 1940)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Vasum floridanum McGinty, 1940 superseded combination | |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
- ^ Volutella floridana(McGinty, 1940). 16 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
- 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.