Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Lyria (Enaeta)
Parent taxon: Volutidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Cate 1972, Darragh 1989, Petuch 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1998 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Alcithoinae, Amoria, Amoriinae, Athletinae, Aurinia, Benthovoluta, Calliotectinae, Caricellinae, Closia, Cymbiinae, Cymbium, Eucymba, Fulgorariinae, Gosavia, Haliinae, Involuta, Notopeplum, Notoplejona, Notovoluta, Odontocymbiolinae, Pavora, Phenacoptygma, Santeevoluta, Scaphella, Scaphellinae, Teremachia, Volutilithinae, Volutinae, Volutoderminae, Yetinae, Zidoninae
Subtaxa: Enaeta barnesii Enaeta ecnomia Lyria (Enaeta) isabellae Lyria (Enaeta) leonardhilli Lyria (Enaeta) perturbatrix Lyria (Enaeta) trechmanni
Type: Voluta barnesii
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (4)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Grenada (1), Panama (1), United States (9: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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