''Lyria'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Volutidae
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Distribution
This family of sea s ...
.
Description
The shell is small to medium sized, solid, stocky to elongate-fusiform. The
radula
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is uniserial with tricuspid teeth. The
protoconch
A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called " ...
s are smooth. They can be large and globose with a short calcarella or small and regularly coiled. The
teleoconch
The gastropod shell is part of the body of many gastropods, including snails, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium ...
shows axial ribs, exceptionally with true shoulder nodules.
The solid shell is ovately fusiform. The
spire
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is acuminate. The
whorl
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In nature
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s are longitudinally ribbed. The
aperture
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is ovate. The
columella
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shows numerous transverse plaits. The outer
lip
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is simple and acute.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lyria'' include:
* ''
Lyria anna''
(Lesson, 1835)
* ''
Lyria beauii''
(Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
* ''
Lyria boholensis''
Poppe, 1897
* ''
Lyria bondarevi''
Bail & Poppe, 2004
* ''
Lyria boucheti''
Bail & Poppe, 2004
* ''
Lyria brianoi''
Poppe, 1999
* ''
Lyria cassidula''
(Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Lyria cleaveri''
Morrison, 2008
* ''
Lyria cloveriana''
Weaver, 1963
* ''
Lyria cordis''
Bayer, 1971
* † ''
Lyria craticulata''
Darragh, 2017
* † ''
Lyria degrangei''
Peyrot, 1928
* ''
Lyria delessertiana''
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
* ''
Lyria deliciosa''
(Montrouzier, 1859)
* ''
Lyria doutei''
Bouchet & Bail, 1992
* ''
Lyria exorata''
Bouchet & Poppe, 1988
* ''
Lyria grandidieri''
Bail, 2002
* ''
Lyria grangei''
Cernohorsky, 1980
* ''
Lyria guionneti''
Poppe & Conde, 2001
* † ''
Lyria harpula''
(Lamarck, 1803)
* ''
Lyria insignata''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Lyria kuniene''
Bouchet, 1979
* ''
Lyria laseroni''
(Iredale, 1937)
* ''
Lyria leonardi''
Emerson, 1985
* † ''
Lyria lesbarritziana''
(Grateloup, 1845)
* ''
Lyria leslieboschae''
Emerson & Sage, 1986
* ''
Lyria lyraeformis''
(Swainson, 1821)
* † ''
Lyria madrakahensis''
Harzhauser, 2007
* ''
Lyria mallicki''
Ladd, 1975
* ''
Lyria michardi''
Bail, 2009
* ''
Lyria mikoi''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Lyria mitraeformis''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''
Lyria ogasawarana Lyria may refer to:
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* Lyria (ba ...
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Bail & Chino, 2015
* † ''
Lyria parens''
Sacco, 1890
* ''
Lyria patbaili''
Bouchet, 1999
* ''
Lyria pattersonia''
(Perry, 1811)
* ''
Lyria pauljohnsoni''
Poppe & Terryn, 2002
* † ''
Lyria peyrehoradensis''
Lozouet, 2019
* † ''
Lyria picturata''
(Grateloup, 1834)
* ''
Lyria planicostata''
(Sowerby III, 1903)
* ''
Lyria poppei''
Bail, 2002
* † ''
Lyria pulchella''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
* ''
Lyria russjenseni''
Emerson, 1985
* ''
Lyria sabaensis''
Bail, 1993
* ''
Lyria solangeae''
Bozzetti, 2008
* ''
Lyria surinamensis''
(Okutani, 1982)
* ''
Lyria tulearensis''
Cosel & Blöcher, 1977
* ''
Lyria vegai''
Clench & Turner, 1967
* † ''
Lyria zelandica''
Finlay, 1924
;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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Volutidae
Gastropod genera