WoRMS taxon details
Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
382265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382265)
accepted
Tribe
Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847 (type by original designation)
- Genus Callipara J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Enaeta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Genus Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- Genus Harpulina Dall, 1906
- Genus Leptoscapha P. Fischer, 1883
- Genus Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Simililyria Bail & Poppe, 2001
- Genus Dallivoluta Okutani, 1982 accepted as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Harpella J. E. Gray, 1855 accepted as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Harpella Schranck, 1802 [Lepidoptera])
- Genus Harpeola Dall, 1907 accepted as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Indolyria Bail & Poppe, 2001 accepted as Lyria (Indolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Lyreneta Iredale, 1937 accepted as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mitraelyria Bail & Poppe, 2001 accepted as Lyria (Mitraelyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Plicolyria Bail & Poppe, 2001 accepted as Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Similyria [sic] accepted as Simililyria Bail & Poppe, 2001 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382265 on 2026-06-22
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls. [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Poppe, G.T.; Conde, J. (2001). A new species of <i>Lyria</i> (Gastropoda: Volutidae) from New Caledonian waters. <em>Novapex.</em> 2 (3): 115-117., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42258253 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Protoconch variable with or without calcarella, sometimes at an angle to the axis of the shell. Axial sculpture present. Siphonal notch broad and shallow. Fasciole most often well developed. Often with a spiral pattern. [details]
