Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: M. Harzhauser, M. Euter, W. E. Piller, B. Berning, A. Kroh and O. Mandic. 2009. Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:333-372
Belongs to Lyria (Indolyria) according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Lyria (Indolyria) doutei, Lyria (Indolyria) eodelessertiana, Lyria (Indolyria) lyraeformis
Type specimen: NHMW 2008z0255/0008, a shell. Its type locality is Maniyara Fort, Bermoti, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Maniyara Fort Formation of India.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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