Lyria andersoni Waring 1917 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Lyria according to R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion 1992

See also Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Turner 1938 and Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Lyria (Harpella), Lyria (Harpeola), Lyria (Indolyria), Lyria (Lyria), Lyria (Pseudolyria), Lyria acuticostulata, Lyria anceps, 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 sihesurensis, Lyria silicata, Lyria vaughani, Lyria wilcoxiana, Lyria zelandica, Otocheilus mississippiensis, Dallivoluta surinamensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tejon from the McCray Wells (Locality 8 of Waring 1917), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Llajas Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (27: California, Oregon, Washington)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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