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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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