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Voluta lyra

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta lyra was named by Lamarck (1802). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Courtagnon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate sandstone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Voluta lyra Lamarck p. 478

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVolutaLinnaeaus 1758
specieslyra

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.

Voluta lyra Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available