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Lyria harpula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta harpula was named by Lamarck (1802) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Lyria harpula by Tracey et al. (1995); it was recombined as Lyria (Harpella) harpula by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Voluta harpula Lamarck p. 478 figs. pl. 3, fig. 4
1995Lyria (Harpella) harpula Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
1995Lyria harpula Tracey and et al.

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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
speciesharpula()

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 harpula Lamarck 1802
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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 Thanetian to the top of the Chattian or 59.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Lyria harpula (27019)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Lyria harpula (171532) Voluta harpula (184107)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Lyria harpula (78567)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Lyria harpula (78565)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) Lyria harpula (102362)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Turkey Lyria harpula (111675)