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Lyria mitraeformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy

Voluta mitraeformis was named by Lamarck (1811). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancellaria mitraeformis by Wood (1848); it was recombined as Lyria mitraeformis by Tyron (1882).

Subspecies

L. crassicostata

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. browni, L. citrusensis, L. eidelessertiana, L. hanzawai, L. heilprini, L. heilprini, L. hirugaensis, L. lyroidea, L. magorum, L. mallicki, L. mizuhonica, L. modesta, L. musicina, L. musicina, L. nestor, L. puruensis, L. pycnopleura, L. pycnopleura, L. rex, L. santoensis, L. scabulosa, L. taurinia, L. varicosa, L. wilcoxiana, L. harpa, L. overmanae, L. concinna, L. elongata, L. nestor, L. tehuacana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1811	Voluta mitraeformis Lamarck
1848	Cancellaria mitraeformis Wood p. 65
1882	Lyria mitraeformis Tyron p. 103 figs. pl. 31, fig. 143

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Volutinae	Rafinesque 1815
tribe	Lyriini	(Pilsbry and Olsson 1954)
genus	Lyria	Gray 1847
species	mitraeformis	(Lamarck 1811)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lyria mitraeformis Lamarck 1811

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†Lyria mitraeformis crassicostata Darragh 1989

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:23:59

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:23:59

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	United Kingdom (England)	Cancellaria mitraeformis (84759)