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Lyria (Lyria)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Lyria (Lyria) Gary p. 10
1847Lyria (Lyria) Gray p. 10
1995Lyria (Lyria) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166

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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
subgenusLyriaGray 1847

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 (Lyria) Gray 1847
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Lyria (Lyria) gabbi Vokes 1998
Lyria (Lyria) humerosa Edwards 1854
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
Lyria (Lyria) picturata Grateloup 1834
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Invalid names: Voluta soror Sowerby 1850 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Piacenzian or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Lyria elongata (205466)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Voluta humerosa (42582)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (North Carolina) Lyria concinna (4880)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Lyria nestor (5612 5779)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Lyria picturata (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Lyria picturata (178108 178110)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Lyria gabbi (74959 131502 131506)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Lyria pulchella (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lyria pulchella (74914 74915 74957)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lyria incomperta (84960 84965 84986 93797 94005 94094 131494 131498 131660 131664) Lyria pulchella (75041 75042 84952 84956 93601 93689 93709 93716 131522 131563 131567 131569 131571 131645 131655 131656 131657 131658 131659 131663) Lyria pulchella, Lyria incomperta (131661)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lyria pulchella (74911 74966 74967 74971 75036 75037 75038 75039 75043) Lyria pulchella, Lyria incomperta (75040)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lyria pulchella (58815 58818 58819 58821 58822 58823 58873)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lyria incomperta (74968 74970 80084 93733) Lyria pulchella (74961 74965 93714 94102 131573 131634)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lyria pulchella (93655)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Dominican Republic Lyria pulchella (93612)