Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative combinations: Pejona lajollaensis, Volutocorbis 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 Clark 1934, 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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (15: California)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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