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Anatoma lyra (lyre scissurelle)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae

Taxonomy
Scissurella lyra was named by Berry (1947). Its type specimen is Berry Coll. 12000, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Second St & Pacific Ave of Berry [Lomita Marl], which is in a Pleistocene offshore marl in the Lomita Marl Formation of California.

It was recombined as Anatoma lyra by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. euglypta, A. gephyra, A. umbilicata, Scissurella japonica, Scissurella koenenia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Scissurella lyra Berry pp. 268-269 figs. pl. 1, figs. 10-11
2021Anatoma lyra Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyScissurelloidea(Gray 1847)
familyAnatomidae(McLean 1989)
genusAnatomaWoodward 1859
specieslyra()

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.

†Anatoma lyra Berry 1947 [lyre scissurelle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Scissurella lyra (type locality: 203119)