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Lysinae

Gastropoda - Capulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Lysinae Saul and Squires pp. 122 - 123
2017Lysinae Bouchet et al. p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyCapuloideaFleming 1822
familyCapulidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyLysinae
subfamilyLysinae

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.

Subfm. †Lysinae Saul and Squires 2008
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G. †Garzasia Saul and Squires 2008
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Garzasia diabla Saul and Squires 2008
Garzasia intermedia Cooper 1894
G. †Lysis Gabb 1864
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Lysis carinifera Whiteaves 1879
Lysis duplicosta Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Lysis oppansus White 1889 [synonym]
Lysis jalamaca Saul and Squires 2008
Lysis lomaensis Saul and Squires 2008
Lysis mickeyi Saul and Squires 2008
Lysis suciensis Whiteaves 1879
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Invalid names: Lysis californiensis Packard 1922 [synonym]
G. †Spirogalerus Finlay and Marwick 1937
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Small to moderately large (15 to 80 mm in height), low turbiniform to almost haliotiform, barely siphonate shells with spiral ribbing. Final whorl somewhat to greatly enlarged; spire very short; aperture large, nearly circular to elongate oval; columella and inner lip flattened, expanded, and depressed to form a shelf within the aperture; some with shelf that spirals into an “umbilicus.”
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:46:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Bartonian or 89.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Lysis mickeyi (220404)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (California) Lysis mickeyi (220355)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5USA (California) Lysis mickeyi (119459)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lysis capensis (47109)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Lysis duplicosta (69310) Lysis sp. (238653)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Lysis californiensis (220366) Lysis duplicosta (3890) Lysis sp. (238651)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Lysis californiensis (185168) Lysis duplicosta (1526 1529 1552) Lysis jalamaca (99313) Lysis sp. (86872) Lysis suciensis (1541)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Lysis californiensis (219079 220908 220910 220911 220912 220913 220914 220916 220918 220919 220926) Lysis duplicostata (144777) Lysis intermedia (185368) Lysis sp. (144764 168007) Lysis suciensis (185174 193033)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Lysis californiensis (207829)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) Lysis duplicosta (1533 1542)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Lysis californiensis (215344) Lysis sp. (176785 185453 185494 185506 185509 185631 185632 185635)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan Lysis izumiensis (4890)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Lysis intermedia, Lysis californiensis (224893)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina Spirogalerus laevis (99400)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Lysis sp. (88278)