Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spellings: Lyriinae, Lyrinae
Parent taxon: Volutinae according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014
See also Darragh 1989, Harzhauser 2004, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires 1987, Vokes 1998 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Calliotectum, Callipara, Chiraluta, Cordilyria, Cryptochorda, Ctenilyria, Cymbiola, Falsilyria, Festilyria, Harpula, Harpulina, Leptoscapha, Lyreneta, Lyrischapa, Neptuneopsis, Pseudaulica, Teramachia, Voluta, Woodsivoluta
Subtaxa: Lyria Lyriopsis Mitreola
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 (4), Peru (6), the United Kingdom (6), United States (33: California, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington)
• Paleocene of China (1), Egypt (1), France (1), India (1), Pakistan (2), Poland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (9: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of USSR (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 246 collections including 277 occurrences