†Lysis Gabb 1864 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Parent taxon: Lysinae according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008
See also Packard 1922, Sepkoski 2002 and White 1889
Sister taxa: Garzasia, Spirogalerus
Subtaxa: Lysis duplicosta Lysis jalamaca Lysis lomaensis Lysis mickeyi Lysis suciensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (1), South Africa (1), United States (45: California)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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