Lyria Gray 1847 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Synonyms: Dallivoluta Okutani 1982, Lyria (Sannilyria) Pilsbry and Olsson 1954, Otocheilus Conrad 1865, Paralyria Shuto 1962, Sannilyria Pilsbry and Olsson 1954

Parent taxon: Lyriini according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014

See also Abbass 1967, Darragh 1989, Darragh 2017, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Iqbal 1973, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Maxwell 2003, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Petuch 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Turner 1938, Vokes 1998 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Lyriopsis, Mitreola

Subtaxa: Dallivoluta surinamensis Lyria (Harpella) Lyria (Harpeola) Lyria (Indolyria) Lyria (Lyria) 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 sihesurensis Lyria silicata Lyria vaughani Lyria wilcoxiana Lyria zelandica Otocheilus mississippiensis

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Type: Voluta nucleus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), Vanuatu (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (19), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (10), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (7), Brazil (2), the Dominican Republic (38), Germany (1), India (5), Indonesia (5), Italy (3), Japan (1), Pakistan (8), Panama (1), Romania (1), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), France (2), Greece (1), India (2), Iran (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (5), Turkey (1), United States (19: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina)

• Eocene of Angola (1), Antarctica (1), Australia (4), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Egypt (1), France (4), India (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (3), Peru (6), the United Kingdom (4), United States (33: California, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington)

• Paleocene of China (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Pakistan (2), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (9: Alabama, California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of USSR (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)

Total: 241 collections including 265 occurrences

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