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Volutocorbis elevata (J. de C. Sowerby, 1840)

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  • Title: Volutocorbis elevata (J. de C. Sowerby, 1840)
  • Type status: Figured
  • State province: England
  • Specific epithet: elevata
  • Scientific name authorship: (J. de C. Sowerby, 1840)
  • Recorded by: Master - Arthur G. Davis; b.14/03/1892; d.01/03/1957; Davis
  • Member: Division B2
  • Locality: Lower Swanwick Brickworks; Bursledon; Southampton
  • Latest period or highest system: Paleogene
  • Latest era or highest erathem: Cenozoic
  • Latest epoch or Highest series: Eocene
  • Latest eon or highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Latest age or Highest age: Ypresian
  • Identified by: P Jeffery; Jeffery
  • Identification Qualifier: pl. 10, figs 20, 21.
  • Higher geography: Europe; British Isles; England; Hampshire; Lower Swanwick Brickworks, Bursledon, Southampton
  • Higher classification: Gastropoda; Volutidae
  • Group: Thames Group
  • Genus: Volutocorbis
  • Formation: London Clay Formation
  • Family: Volutidae
  • Earliest period or lowest system: Paleogene
  • Earliest era or lowest erathem: Cenozoic
  • Earliest epoch or lowest series: Eocene
  • Earliest eon or Lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Earliest age or Lowestst age: Ypresian
  • Country: British Isles
  • Continent: Europe
  • Class: Gastropoda
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