Anatoma lyra Berry 1947 (lyre scissurelle)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae

Alternative combination: Scissurella lyra

Full reference: S. S. Berry. 1947. New Mollusca from the Pleistocene of San Pedro, California - III. Bulletins of American Paleontology 31(127):256-274

Belongs to Anatoma according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Berry 1947

Sister taxa: Anatoma aspera, Anatoma crispata, Anatoma hedegaardi, Anatoma rosenkrantzi, Anatoma tongaensis, Scissurella (Anatoma) equatoria

Type specimen: Berry Coll. 12000, a shell. Its type locality is Second St & Pacific Ave of Berry [Lomita Marl], which is in a Pleistocene offshore marl in the Lomita Marl Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Second St & Pacific Ave of Berry [Lomita Marl]

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