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Lyria (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Volutidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Volutinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Lyria laseroni, Lyria cassidula, Lyria mallicki

Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

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Description

The shell is small to medium sized, solid, stocky to elongate-fusiform. The radula is uniserial with tricuspid teeth. The protoconchs are smooth. They can be large and globose with a short calcarella or small and regularly coiled. The teleoconch shows axial ribs, exceptionally with true shoulder nodules.

Species

Species within the genus Lyria include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Subgenus Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Enaeta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Lyria africana (Reeve, 1856): synonym of Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Lyria aphrodite Bondarev, 1999: synonym of Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999)
  • Lyria dondani Angioy & Biraghi, 1982: synonym of Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
  • Lyria guttata Reeve, 1849: synonym of Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907)
  • Lyria habei Okutani, 1979: synonym of Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
  • Lyria harpa Barnes, 1824: synonym of Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825)
  • Lyria kawamurai Habe, 1975: synonym of Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Lyria kimberi Cotton, 1932: synonym of Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Lyria leonardhilli Petuch, 1988: synonym of Enaeta leonardhilli (Petuch, 1988)
  • Lyria nucleus (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Lyria pattersonia (Perry, 1811)
  • Lyria opposita Iredale, 1937: synonym of Lyria pattersonia (Perry, 1811)
  • Lyria pedersenii Verrill, 1870: synonym of Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832)
  • Lyria peroniana Iredale, 1940: synonym of Lyria pattersonia (Perry, 1811)
  • Lyria ponsonbyi (E. A. Smith, 1901): synonym of Festilyria ponsonbyi (E. A. Smith, 1801)
  • Lyria queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901): synonym of Callipara queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901)
  • Lyria reinai Angioy & Biraghi, 1981: synonym of Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
  • Lyria santoensis Ladd, 1975: synonym of Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Lyria taiwanica Lan, 1975: synonym of Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Lyria valentina Bondarev, 1994: synonym of Lyria doutei Bouchet & Bail, 1991
  • Lyria vicdani Kosuge, 1981: synonym of Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975

    • References

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