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Lyriopsis cossmanni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Lyria cossmanni was named by Cossmann and Pissarro (1909). It is the type species of Lyriopsis.

It was recombined as Lyriopsis cossmanni by Merle and Pacaud (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Lyria cossmanni Cossmann and Pissarro figs. pl.2, figs 26, 31; pl. 3, figs 25-26
1923Lyria feddeni Vredenburg
2011Lyria feddeni Kachhara et al. p. 88
2014Lyriopsis cossmanni Merle and Pacaud p. 110 figs. 4I - K

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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)
genusLyriopsis
speciescossmanni(Cossmann and Pissarro 1909)

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.

Lyriopsis cossmanni Cossmann and Pissarro 1909
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Invalid names: Lyria feddeni Vredenburg 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height123.5

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0India Lyria feddeni (145510)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Lyriopsis cossmanni (184086)