Volutidae

Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.

Volutidae

Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias · CC BY 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
volutePBDB
Sits inside
MuricoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 113 million years on record.

The record covers at least 113.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 125.77 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 3 of 3218 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 607 of 3218 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 371 of 3218 occurrencesEocene — about 1420 of 3218 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 177 of 3218 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 419 of 3218 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 148 of 3218 occurrencesPleistocene — about 56 of 3218 occurrences128–124 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences120–115 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences115–111 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences111–107 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences107–103 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences103–98 Mya — about 9 occurrences98–94 Mya — about 16 occurrences94–90 Mya — about 62 occurrences90–86 Mya — about 26 occurrences86–81 Mya — about 49 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 52 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 52 occurrences73–68 Mya — about 211 occurrences68–64 Mya — about 196 occurrences64–60 Mya — about 162 occurrences60–56 Mya — about 159 occurrences56–51 Mya — about 159 occurrences51–47 Mya — about 172 occurrences47–43 Mya — about 219 occurrences43–38 Mya — about 562 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 280 occurrences34–30 Mya — about 73 occurrences30–26 Mya — about 70 occurrences26–21 Mya — about 75 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 123 occurrences17–13 Mya — about 124 occurrences13–8.6 Mya — about 66 occurrences8.6–4.3 Mya — about 119 occurrences4.3–0 Mya — about 180 occurrences113.2 Mya11.7 ka128 Mya0 Mya

3,218 occurrences of Volutidae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3,218 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

446 formations

Cook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 31.54°N, 87.52°WCook Mountain — 32.36°N, 92.98°WCook Mountain — 32.52°N, 93.73°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.53°WCook Mountain — 30.00°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.39°WCook Mountain — 31.40°N, 93.71°WCook Mountain — 30.65°N, 96.32°WCook Mountain — 32.51°N, 92.12°WCook Mountain — 31.49°N, 93.47°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.57°WCook Mountain — 32.14°N, 89.00°WCook Mountain — 32.34°N, 89.14°WCook Mountain — 31.03°N, 95.63°WCook Mountain — 31.14°N, 95.92°WCook Mountain — 31.22°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 31.19°N, 95.84°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.56°WCook Mountain — 29.49°N, 97.58°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.84°N, 88.25°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.00°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 31.82°N, 92.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 35.01°N, 90.79°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 31.63°N, 91.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WMoodys Branch — 31.60°N, 92.80°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 91.90°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 34.25°N, 90.00°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 33.89°N, 89.02°WRipley — 32.05°N, 86.78°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 33.86°N, 96.83°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.02°N, 85.85°WLisbon — 32.32°N, 89.16°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 30.08°N, 97.50°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.00°N, 97.60°WKincaid — 31.32°N, 96.72°WKincaid — 32.98°N, 95.93°WKincaid — 31.52°N, 96.53°WKincaid — 31.30°N, 96.88°WKincaid — 30.10°N, 97.30°WKincaid — 29.88°N, 97.67°WKincaid — 29.38°N, 99.02°WKincaid — 33.13°N, 96.10°WKincaid — 29.75°N, 97.87°WKincaid — 31.22°N, 96.91°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 31.36°N, 96.04°WKincaid — 31.37°N, 96.69°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 31.03°N, 96.49°WWeches — 30.90°N, 96.39°WWeches — 29.80°N, 97.65°WWeches — 31.26°N, 95.98°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.53°N, 94.41°WWeches — 30.18°N, 97.47°WWeches — 31.34°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.92°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.98°WGurabo — 18.73°N, 71.00°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WRedding — 40.68°N, 122.02°WRedding — 40.63°N, 122.03°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.62°N, 122.06°WRedding — 40.68°N, 122.18°WRedding — 40.66°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.67°N, 122.14°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.21°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.37°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.26°WPorters Creek — 32.20°N, 87.76°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.57°WPorters Creek — 32.03°N, 87.45°WPorters Creek — 31.97°N, 87.20°WPorters Creek — 31.98°N, 87.28°WPorters Creek — 32.23°N, 88.00°WPorters Creek — 32.37°N, 88.03°WPorters Creek — 31.94°N, 87.05°WEscondido — 29.39°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.16°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.10°N, 99.86°WEscondido — 29.11°N, 99.82°WEscondido — 28.97°N, 100.24°WEscondido — 28.92°N, 100.27°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.47°WEscondido — 28.55°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.52°N, 100.31°WEscondido — 28.61°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WRifle Butts — 45.18°S, 170.91°ERifle Butts — 45.09°S, 170.93°ERifle Butts — 45.03°S, 170.02°ERifle Butts — 45.08°S, 170.95°ESelsey — 51.02°N, 1.32°WSelsey — 50.73°N, 0.78°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WWills Point — 30.17°N, 97.46°WWills Point — 30.08°N, 97.50°WWills Point — 31.70°N, 96.40°WWills Point — 30.85°N, 96.97°WWills Point — 32.98°N, 95.93°WWills Point — 30.00°N, 97.60°WWills Point — 30.33°N, 97.37°WWills Point — 32.08°N, 96.47°WWills Point — 30.10°N, 97.30°WWills Point — 29.96°N, 97.45°WWills Point — 32.14°N, 96.09°WWills Point — 29.77°N, 97.68°WWills Point — 31.47°N, 96.67°WWills Point — 29.57°N, 97.90°WWills Point — 29.42°N, 98.57°WWills Point — 29.28°N, 98.61°WWills Point — 28.71°N, 100.50°WSanta Susana — 34.25°N, 118.72°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.77°WSanta Susana — 34.05°N, 118.63°WSanta Susana — 34.07°N, 118.55°WSanta Susana — 34.26°N, 118.70°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.06°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.82°N, 87.37°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.52°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.91°N, 87.74°WLadd — 33.69°N, 117.60°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WLadd — 33.76°N, 117.64°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 31.83°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 32.08°N, 88.22°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.95°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 31.54°N, 87.52°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.82°N, 88.88°WOwl Creek — 34.88°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.45°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.87°WReklaw — 30.88°N, 95.38°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 31.85°N, 94.98°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WReklaw — 29.80°N, 97.65°WReklaw — 30.00°N, 97.25°WReklaw — 31.86°N, 94.94°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.68°WLa Meseta — 64.22°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.69°WAmeki — 6.83°N, 7.08°EAmeki — 5.57°N, 7.52°EAmeki — 5.00°N, 7.50°E

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The named rock units Volutidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 422 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 397 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Volutidae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Volutidae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,879 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,208 sites for Volutidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

458 references

Each of the 3,218 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 446 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Volutidae

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Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias
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CC BY 3.0
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3D model

Source
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