- Source: Lyria (gastropod)
Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae.
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.
The solid shell is ovately fusiform. The spire is acuminate. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed. The aperture is ovate. The columella shows numerous transverse plaits. The outer lip is simple and acute.
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 aturensis Peyrot, 1928 †: synonym of Lyria parens Sacco, 1890 †
Lyria coquillensis F. E. Turner, 1938 †: synonym of Eovoluta coquillensis (F. E. Turner, 1938) † (original combination)
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 howensis Iredale, 1940: synonym of Lyria deliciosa howensis Iredale, 1940 (original name)
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
Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
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