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Volutifusus obtusa
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By MikeR
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca Cuvier, 1797
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
Order: Neogastropoda Thiele 1929
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Volutifusus
Species: Volutifusus obtusa
Author Citation (Emmons, 1858)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Quaternary
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pleistocene
International Age: Gelasian
Stratigraphy
James City Formation
Provenance
Collector: Michael Reagin
Date Collected: 05/31/1997
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 125 mm
Location
Lee Creek Mine
Beaufort County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Campbell synonymized Volutifusus with Aurinia however WoRMS lists Volutifusus as valid.
Reference
Campbell, Lyle. 1993. Pliocene Molluscs from the Yorktown and Chowan River Formations in Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 127.
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