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Falsilyria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Falsilyria was named by Pilsbry and Olsson (1954).

It was assigned to Volutidae by Jung (1965); and to Volutinae by Darragh (1989) and Petuch (1997).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Falsilyria Pilsbry and Olsson p. 21
1965Falsilyria Jung pp. 546-547
1989Falsilyria Darragh p. 206
1997Falsilyria Petuch p. 131

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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
genusFalsilyriaPilsbry and Olsson 1954

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.

G. †Falsilyria Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
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Falsilyria kendrewi Petuch 1997
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) F. citrusensis (99194) F. eocenia (92391)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) F. mansfieldi, F. kendrewi (80184)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) F. sp. (60144)