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Lyria deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)

AphiaID

743441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743441)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Voluta deliciosa Montrouzier, 1859

Synonymised names

Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859) · alternative representation

Voluta deliciosa Montrouzier, 1859 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

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Subspecies Lyria deliciosa deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)
Subspecies 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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lyria deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743441 on 2026-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-10-29 22:05:21Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

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]

Other

additional source Darragh, T. A. (1989). A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 49(2): 195-307 ["1988"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39609758
page(s): 213 [details]