Lyrischapa harrisi Aldrich 1911 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: T. H. Aldrich. 1911. New Eocene fossils from the southern Gulf states. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(22):1-24

Belongs to Lyrischapa according to M. D. Perrilliat et al. 2006

See also Aldrich 1911 and Givens 1991

Sister taxa: Lyrischapa blanfordi, Lyrischapa brevispira, Lyrischapa haimei, Lyrischapa lajollaensis, Lyrischapa pyramida, Lyrischapa sismondai, Lyrischapa soudanense, Lyrischapa spinifera, Lyrischapa vredenburgi

Type specimen: Its type locality is PRI 2253, 3.5 miles south of Quitman, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: Mississippi collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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