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Lyrischapa soudanense

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Eovasum soudanense was named by Douvillé (1920). Its type specimen is EM 30077 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tamaské, Tahoua, which is in a Thanetian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Kalambaina Formation of Niger.

It was recombined as Lyrischapa soudanense by Givens (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Eovasum soudanense Douvillé p. 148 figs. Pl. 2, fig 7; fig 6
1991Lyrischapa soudanense Givens p. 666 figs. 4.9, 5.1-5.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyIndovolutinae
genusLyrischapa
speciessoudanense()

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.

†Lyrischapa soudanense Douvillé 1920
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger Eovasum soudanense (type locality: 83985)