Family Volutidae Rafinesque 1815 (volute)
PaleoDB taxon number: 62834
Parent taxon: Muricoidea according to M. Harzhauser 2007
Sister taxa: Babyloniidae, Coralliophilidae, Costellariidae, Cystiscidae, Fulgerca, Harpidae, Marginellidae, Mitracea, Mitridae, Muricidae, Pholidotomidae, Pleioptygmatidae, Purpurellidae, Rachiglossa, Strepsiduridae, Taurasinae, Tudiclidae, Turbinellidae, Volutomitridae
Subtaxa: Alcithoinae, Amoria, Amoriinae, Athletinae, Aurinia, Benthovoluta, Calliotectinae, Carota, Closia, Cymbiinae, Cymbium, Enaeta, Eucymba, Fulgoraria, Fulgorariinae, Gosavia, Haliinae, Involuta, Notoplejona, Notovoluta, Odontocymbiolinae, Pavora, Phenacoptygma, Scaphella, Scaphellinae, Teremachia, Volutilithinae, Volutinae, Yetinae, Zidoninae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore