†subfamily Lysinae Saul and Squires 2008 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 2008. Cretaceous trichotropid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America: Possible pathways to calyptraeid morphology. The Nautilus 122(3):115-142

Parent taxon: Capulidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Saul and Squires 2008

Sister taxa: Capulus, Hyala, Icuncula, Lippistes, Neojanacus, Pileopsis, Sirius, Trichotropis, Zelippistes, Armenostoma

Subtaxa: Garzasia Lysis Spirogalerus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Colombia (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Japan (1), South Africa (1), United States (42: California)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

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