Marine Species Traits - Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)

MolluscaBase name details

Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)

AphiaID

382604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382604)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Lyria deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lyria (Lyria) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Voluta deliciosa Montrouzier, 1859

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859) represented as Lyria deliciosa deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)
Subspecies Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa howensis Iredale, 1937 represented as Lyria deliciosa howensis Iredale, 1940

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Voluta deliciosa Montrouzier, 1859) Montrouzier [X.]. (1859 ["1858"]). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien (2è article). Journal de Conchyliologie. 7: 373-375., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863346 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382604 on 2025-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-12 21:08:15Z

created

Bail, Patrice

2013-10-29 22:05:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Voluta deliciosa Montrouzier, 1859) Montrouzier [X.]. (1859 ["1858"]). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien (2è article). Journal de Conchyliologie. 7: 373-375., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863346 [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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection