Lyrischapa lajollaensis Hanna 1927

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Alternative combination: Pejona lajollaensis

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Lyrischapa according to C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy 1979

See also Hanna 1927, Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Squires and Demetrion 1992

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

Type specimen: Holotype lost, UCMP 14634 (neotype), a shell

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (14: California)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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