OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson, 1821)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta lyraeformis auct
   Harpula lyriformis auct
   Mitra lyraeformis Swainson, 1821

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Somalia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ trawled in Somalia in deeper water of the continental shelf ]
depth: subtidal [ Shallow waters at depths of 15 m in the Mombassa area, Kenya ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.72, pl. 17, figs 1-4, 9 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.21, pl. 5A, 5B [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Volutinae Swainson, 1840
                            Lyria Gray, 1847
                              Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson, 1821)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37029) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by Sarah Watson on 2001-04-23.