Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Synonym: Lora Gray 1847 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Turridae according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931
See also Hendy 2020, Rosenberg 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adelocythara, Amekicythara, Amuletum, Andicula, Awateria, Beretra, Borsoniinae, Cochlespirella, Cochlespiropsis, Cryptoconinae, Cryptogemma, Daphinellinae, Decollidrillia, Drilliinae, Drillinae, Eodrilla, Eopleurotoma, Eosurcula, Epalxis, Epidirella, Eucheilodon, Fusimilis, Gemmula, Genotia, Glabrocythara, Hemisurcula, Hesperiturris, Iotyrris, Kuroshioturris, Lepicythara, Lophiotoma, Lucerapex, Lurifax, Lutema, Lyrosurcula, Melatoma, Michela, Muteluma, Nasavusavuia, Optoturris, Pachycythara, Parasyngenochilus, Perrona, Pleurofusia, Polystira, Procerapex, Protosurcula, Pseudomelatoma, Pseudoraphitoma, Ptychosyrinx, Remnita, Scalaturris, Scobinella, Sedilia, Sinistrella, Sullivania, Surculites, Surculoma, Taranis, Trachelochetus, Trypanotoma, Trypanotopsis, Turridrupa, Turrinae, Turrinosyrinx, Turris, Unedogemmula, Vaughanites, Xenuroturris
Subtaxa: Lora alaskensis Lora aleutica Lora alitakensis Lora americana Lora bicarinata Lora declivis Lora elegans Lora excurvata Lora expansa Lora harpa Lora healyi Lora hebes Lora impressa Lora inflata Lora krausei Lora laurenciana Lora levidensis Lora lutkeana Lora nazanensis Lora nunivakensis Lora pingelii Lora quadra Lora schantarica Lora schmidti Lora sculpturata Lora simplex Lora solida Lora subluta Lora tenuicostata Oenopota oldroydi Oenopota pyramidalis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (2), Iceland (2), Ireland (1), the Netherlands (6), United States (17: Alaska, California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), United States (6: Alaska)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 45 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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