MolluscaBase taxon details
Volutifusus obtusus (Emmons, 1858) †
1818865 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1818865)
accepted
Species
Voluta obtusa Emmons, 1858 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Voluta obtusa Emmons, 1858 †) Emmons, E. (1858). <i>Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties. Together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds</i>. Henry D. Turner, Raleigh. xvi + 314 pp. In Agriculture of the eastern counties; together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds, pp. 193-313, figs. 18-256. North Carolina Geological Survey. Raleigh, North Carolina., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17554982
page(s): 263, fig. 141 [details]
page(s): 263, fig. 141 [details]
Type locality contained in North Carolina
type locality contained in North Carolina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutifusus obtusus (Emmons, 1858) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1818865 on 2025-09-12
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(of Voluta obtusa Emmons, 1858 †) Emmons, E. (1858). <i>Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties. Together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds</i>. Henry D. Turner, Raleigh. xvi + 314 pp. In Agriculture of the eastern counties; together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds, pp. 193-313, figs. 18-256. North Carolina Geological Survey. Raleigh, North Carolina., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17554982
page(s): 263, fig. 141 [details]
basis of record Petuch, E. J.; Berschauer, D. P. (2021). New fossil scaphelline volutes from the Pliocene of southern Florida. <em>The Festivus.</em> 53(2): 101-108. [details]
page(s): 263, fig. 141 [details]
basis of record Petuch, E. J.; Berschauer, D. P. (2021). New fossil scaphelline volutes from the Pliocene of southern Florida. <em>The Festivus.</em> 53(2): 101-108. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
