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Lyria anceps

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta anceps was named by Michelotti (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Italy, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lyria anceps by Bellardi (1890), Vredenburg (1925), Iqbal (1980), Harzhauser (2004) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Voluta anceps Michelotti p. 99 figs. pl. 10, figs. 22-23
1890Lyria anceps Bellardi p. 6
1925Lyria anceps Vredenburg p. 142
1980Lyria anceps Iqbal p. 51
2004Lyria anceps Harzhauser p. 140
2009Lyria anceps Harzhauser et al. p. 362

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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
speciesanceps(Michelotti 1861)

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 anceps Michelotti 1861
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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 Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Lyria anceps (77157 77158 77450)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Lyria anceps (76197)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Lyria anceps (77159)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece Lyria anceps (76195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Lyria anceps (77459)