Lyria planicostata

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

Subspecies
  • Lyria planicostata fijiensis Bail & Poppe, 2004 (length: 51.5 mm; occurs off the Fiji Islands)
  • Lyria planicostata grohi Bail & Poppe, 2004 (occurs off Tonga)

Lyria planicostata
Shell of Lyria planicostata fijiensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Volutinae
Genus:
Lyria
Subgenus:
Plicolyria
Species:
L. planicostata
Binomial name
Lyria planicostata
(Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lyria (Plicolyria) planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Lyria (Plicolyria) planicostata planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Lyria davaoensis Kosuge, 1980
  • Lyria kawamurai Habe, 1975
  • Lyria planicostata planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Lyria santoensis Ladd, 1975
  • Lyria taiwanica Lan, 1975
  • Lyria taiwanica f. davaoensis Kosuge, 1980 (unavailable name: established as "forma" after 1960)
  • Voluta planicostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903

Description

Adult shells attain a size of 75-90 mm.

Distribution

Philippines area.

References
  1. Lyria planicostata (Sowerby III, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Kosuge S. (1980) Studies on the collection of Mr. Victor Dan (3) Note on the local variations of Lyria taiwanica Lan, 1975 (Gastropoda Volutacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(4): 65-66, pl. 17.
  • Bail, P. & Poppe, G., 2004 The Tribe Lyriini. A revision of the Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta, and Leptoscapha, p. 93 pp, 68 pls


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