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Lyria (Harpella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Harpella was named by Adams and Adams (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Lyria (Harpella) by Abbass (1967) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Lyria by Abbass (1967) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Harpella Adams and Adams
1967Lyria (Harpella) Abbass p. 106
1995Lyria (Harpella) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2002Harpella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
tribeLyriini(Pilsbry and Olsson 1954)
genusLyriaGray 1847
subgenusHarpella(Adams and Adams 1858)

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.

Subg. Lyria (Harpella) Adams and Adams 1858
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†Harpella harpularia Tate 1889
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: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 66.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Harpella sp. (20816)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Egypt Lyria aegyptiaca (2952)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Lyria barkoukensis (2955)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Harpella gemmata (179602) Lyria harpularia (71242 72210)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Lyria overmanae (42311)