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Lyria andersoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Lyria andersoni was named by Waring (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tejon from the McCray Wells (Locality 8 of Waring 1917), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Llajas Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Lyria andersoni Waring p. 97 figs. PL.15, Fig. 12
1938Lyria andersoni Turner p. 73
1984Lyria andersoni Squires p. 35
1987Lyria andersoni Squires p. 47 fig. 69
1988Lyria andersoni Squires p. 16 fig. 36
1992Lyria andersoni Squires and Demetrion p. 33

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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
speciesandersoni

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 andersoni Waring 1917
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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: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Lyria andersoni (111552 111553)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Lyria andersoni (5544)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Lyria andersoni (178718 178748 178750 178752 178756 193547 194164)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California) Lyria andersoni (5499)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Lyria andersoni (8011 8018 200143 200288 205251)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Lyria andersoni (200874 200876 200886)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Lyria andersoni (5540 176677 200845 200852 201693 207148)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Lyria andersoni (194431)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) Lyria andersoni (37928)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Lyria andersoni (type locality: 193039)