Lyria lyraeformis

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

Lyria lyraeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Volutinae
Genus:
Lyria
Subgenus:
Indolyria
Species:
L. lyraeformis
Binomial name
Lyria lyraeformis
(Swainson,1821)

Description

Fully adult shells can attain a size of 140 mm.

Distribution

Somalia area of East Africa.

References
  1. Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson,1821). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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