Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Harpella
Parent taxon: Lyria according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Abbass 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Lyria (Harpeola), Lyria (Indolyria), Lyria (Lyria), Lyria (Lyrispina), Lyria (Pseudolyria), Lyria acuticostulata, Lyria anceps, Lyria andersoni, Lyria antarctica, Lyria branderi, Lyria busera, Lyria carolinensis, Lyria coquillensis, Lyria craticulata, Lyria dalli, Lyria decora, Lyria gabrielensis, Lyria gemmata, Lyria goldfussi, Lyria hannibali, Lyria harpula, Lyria lamellatoplicata, Lyria madrakahensis, Lyria mansfieldi, Lyria mississippiensis, Lyria mitraeformis, Lyria musicinoides, Lyria nucleus, Lyria pattersonia, Lyria peruviana, Lyria punjabensis, Lyria sabulosa, Lyria samanaensis, Lyria silicata, Lyria vaughani, Lyria wilcoxiana, Lyria zelandica, Dallivoluta surinamensis, Otocheilus mississippiensis
Subtaxa: Harpella harpularia Lyria (Harpella) aegyptiaca Lyria (Harpella) barkoukensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
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