Lyrischapa soudanense Douvillé 1920 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Alternative combination: Eovasum soudanense

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171

Belongs to Lyrischapa according to C. R. Givens 1991

See also Douvillé 1920

Sister taxa: Lyrischapa blanfordi, Lyrischapa brevispira, Lyrischapa haimei, Lyrischapa harrisi, Lyrischapa lajollaensis, Lyrischapa pyramida, Lyrischapa sismondai, Lyrischapa spinifera, Lyrischapa vredenburgi

Type specimen: EM 30077. Its type locality is Tamaské, Tahoua, which is in a Thanetian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Kalambaina Formation of Niger.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tamaské, Tahoua

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