Lyria grangei

Lyria grangei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Lyria grangei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Volutinae
Genus:
Lyria
Subgenus:
Mitraelyria
Species:
L. grangei
Binomial name
Lyria grangei
Cernohorsky, 1980

Description

This operculated species attains a length of 60+ mm.

Distribution

Lyria grangei occurs in shallow waters of the Bellona Plateau of the Coral Sea. The type series was collected on a small submerged pinnacle in the southern sides of east South Bellona on sand at (Holotype, Paratype 1), in the peripheral reef slope of northwestern margins of western South Bellona at a depth of 17 meters (Paratype 2), and from the south side of the lagoon in western South Bellona (Paratype 3).[2]

References
  1. Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Cernohorsky, W.O. (17 December 1980). "SYSTEMATICS OF SOME WEST PACIFIC Lyria (MOLLUSCA: VOLUTIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 17: 127–134. JSTOR 42906290.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.