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Lyria madrakahensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Lyria madrakahensis was named by Harzhauser (2007) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene; Oman.]. Its type specimen is NHMW 2006z0231/0053, a partial shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Warak Formation of Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Lyria madrakahensis Harzhauser p. 106 figs. pl. 6, fig. 1

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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
speciesmadrakahensis

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 madrakahensis Harzhauser 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available