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Lyria punjabensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Lyria punjabensis was named by Eames (1952) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Middle Eocene; Pakistan.]. Its type specimen is BMNH G.68306, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.2734, Zinda Pir, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Lyria punjabensis Eames p. 107 figs. Pl 4, fig 92a,b
1973Lyria punjabensis Iqbal p. 27

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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
speciespunjabensis

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 punjabensis Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
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