Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Lyrischapa lajollaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Pejona lajollaensis was named by Hanna (1927). Its type specimen is Holotype lost, UCMP 14634 (neotype), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCR loc. 4922, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ardath Formation of California.

It was recombined as Volutocorbis lajollaensis by Clark (1934); it was recombined as Lyrischapa lajollaensis by Givens and Kennedy (1979), Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and Squires and Demetrion (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pejona lajollaensis Hanna p. 320 figs. pl. 52, figs. 1-2
1934Volutocorbis lajollaensis Clark p. 271
1979Lyrischapa lajollaensis Givens and Kennedy p. 95
1984Lyrischapa lajollaensis Squires p. 36 figs. Figure 9e
1987Lyrischapa lajollaensis Squires p. 47 figs. 70, 71
1992Lyrischapa lajollaensis Squires and Demetrion p. 33 figs. Figure 91

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
genusLyrischapa
specieslajollaensis()

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.

show all | hide all
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Lyrischapa lajollaensis (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California) Lyrischapa lajollaensis (5506)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Lyrischapa lajollaensis (178719 178748 178749 178750)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Lyrischapa lajollaensis (8014 200144)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Lyrischapa lajollaensis (8012 8013 200713 200721 207151 207181 207189) Pejona lajollaensis (200720) Volutocorbis lajollaensis (166460)