Marine Species Traits - Lyria (Lyria) J. E. Gray, 1847

WoRMS name details

Lyria (Lyria) J. E. Gray, 1847

AphiaID

382271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382271)

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Accepted name

Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847

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Parent

Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847

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Species Lyria (Lyria) delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842) accepted as Lyria delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
Species Lyria (Lyria) grangei Cernohorsky, 1980 accepted as Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980
Species Lyria (Lyria) habei Okutani, 1979 accepted as Lyria (Lyria) mallicki Ladd, 1975 represented as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975 (synonym)
Species Lyria (Lyria) cassidula (Reeve, 1849) represented as Lyria cassidula (Reeve, 1849)
Species Lyria (Lyria) cordis Bayer, 1971 represented as Lyria cordis Bayer, 1971
Species Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859) represented as Lyria deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)
Species Lyria (Lyria) insignita Iredale, 1940 represented as Lyria insignita Iredale, 1940
Species Lyria (Lyria) laseroni (Iredale, 1937) represented as Lyria laseroni (Iredale, 1937)
Species Lyria (Lyria) leonardi W. K. Emerson, 1985 represented as Lyria leonardi W. K. Emerson, 1985
Species Lyria (Lyria) mallicki Ladd, 1975 represented as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
Species Lyria (Lyria) ogasawarana Bail & Chino, 2015 represented as Lyria ogasawarana Bail & Chino, 2015
Species Lyria (Lyria) pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811) represented as Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811)
Species Lyria (Lyria) russjenseni W. K. Emerson, 1985 represented as Lyria russjenseni W. K. Emerson, 1985
Species Lyria (Lyria) vegai Clench & R. D. Turner, 1967 represented as Lyria vegai Clench & R. D. Turner, 1967

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 141 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyria (Lyria) J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382271 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-04 09:03:51Z

created

Bail, Patrice

2013-10-28 16:52:35Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-09-20 16:54:38Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 141 [details]

basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Protoconch small, last whorl most often large, species variable, from smooth to axially ribbed, glossy or dull. No thick columellar callus. [details]