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Lyria wilcoxiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Lyria wilcoxiana was named by Aldrich (1894) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Paleocene -Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Lyria wilcoxiana Aldrich p. 243 figs. pl. 12, fig. 4
1912Lyria wilcoxiana Maury p. 70

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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
specieswilcoxianaAldrich 1894

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 wilcoxiana Aldrich 1894
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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 Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Lyria wilcoxiana (90613 91112)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Lyria wilcoxiana (80170)