Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parent taxon: Lyria according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Vokes 1998
Sister taxa: Lyria (Harpella), Lyria (Harpeola), Lyria (Indolyria), 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 mitraeformis, 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 (Lyria) gabbi Lyria (Lyria) humerosa Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Lyria (Lyria) picturata Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (19 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (10)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (38), Germany (1), Italy (2)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 75 collections including 78 occurrences