I believe that Voluticella has been considered an aberrant scaphelline, though I do not have the reference at hand.  Anton Olenik probably has a more current opinion.  Scaphellines were certainly doing odd things in the Eocene of the southeastern U.S., as evidenced by Santeevoluta.

    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
    Dept. Biological Sciences
    Box 870345
    Tuscaloosa, AL  35487 USA
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That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From:         Kurt Auffenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To:     Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>Date:          Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:35:42 -0400

>Dear Volute Nuts:
>
>I need to know in what subfamily is the extinct volute genus Voluticella
>now placed.  Anyone have a comment on this one?
>
>Thanks,
>Kurtles
>Mr. Kurt Auffenberg
>Senior Biological Scientist
>Exhibits & Public Programs
>University of Florida
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>
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