Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Synonym: Volutocristata Gardner and Bowles 1934
Full reference: T. H. Aldrich. 1911. New Eocene fossils from the southern Gulf states. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(22):1-24
Parent taxon: Volutinae according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014
See also Abbass 1967, Givens 1991, Perrilliat et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Calliotectum, Callipara, Chiraluta, Cordilyria, Cryptochorda, Ctenilyria, Cymbiola, Falsilyria, Festilyria, Harpula, Harpulina, Leptoscapha, Lyreneta, Lyriini, Neptuneopsis, Pseudaulica, Teramachia, Voluta, Woodsivoluta
Subtaxa: Lyrischapa blanfordi Lyrischapa brevispira Lyrischapa haimei Lyrischapa harrisi Lyrischapa lajollaensis Lyrischapa pyramida Lyrischapa sismondai Lyrischapa soudanense Lyrischapa spinifera Lyrischapa vredenburgi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Mexico (3), Pakistan (4), United States (26: California, Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Niger (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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