Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
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 within the genus Lyria include:
Species brought into synonymySubgenus Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Enaeta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853Lyria 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, 1975Lyria guttata Reeve, 1849: synonym of Enaeta reevei (Dall, 1907)Lyria habei Okutani, 1979: synonym of Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975Lyria 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, 1975Lyria 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, 1991Lyria vicdani Kosuge, 1981: synonym of Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975