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Lyria mitraeformis Lamarck 1811 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria mitraeformis, Voluta mitraeformis

Belongs to Lyria according to Tyron 1882

See also Wood 1848

Sister taxa: Lyria (Harpella), Lyria (Harpeola), Lyria (Indolyria), Lyria (Lyria), Lyria (Lyrispina), Lyria (Pseudolyria), Lyria acuticostulata, Lyria anceps, Lyria andersoni, Lyria antarctica, Lyria branderi, Lyria busera, 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 musicinoides, Lyria nucleus, Lyria pattersonia, Lyria peruviana, Lyria punjabensis, Lyria sabulosa, Lyria samanaensis, Lyria silicata, Lyria vaughani, Lyria wilcoxiana, Lyria zelandica, Dallivoluta surinamensis, Otocheilus mississippiensis

Subtaxa: Lyria mitraeformis crassicostata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sutton, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

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