Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164
Belongs to Lyria according to A. A. Olsson 1930
Sister taxa: Lyria (Harpella), Lyria (Harpeola), Lyria (Indolyria), Lyria (Lyria), Lyria (Pseudolyria), Lyria acuticostulata, Lyria anceps, Lyria andersoni, Lyria antarctica, Lyria branderi, Lyria carolinensis, Lyria coquillensis, Lyria craticulata, Lyria dalli, Lyria decora, Lyria gabrielensis, Lyria gemmata, Lyria goldfussi, Lyria hannibali, Lyria harpula, Lyria lamellatoplicata, Lyria madrakahensis, Lyria mansfieldi, Lyria mississippiensis, Lyria mitraeformis, Lyria musicinoides, Lyria nucleus, Lyria pattersonia, Lyria peruviana, Lyria punjabensis, Lyria sabulosa, Lyria samanaensis, Lyria sihesurensis, Lyria silicata, Lyria vaughani, Lyria wilcoxiana, Lyria zelandica, Dallivoluta surinamensis, Otocheilus mississippiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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