Deep-Sea taxon details
Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
206194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206194)
accepted
Genus
Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 · alternative representation
- Species Lyria guionneti Poppe & Conde, 2001
- Subgenus Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
- Species Lyria (Plicolyria) guionneti Poppe & Conde, 2001 represented as Lyria guionneti Poppe & Conde, 2001
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206194 on 2026-08-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206194 on 2026-08-24
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2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001) Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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]
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
additional source Maxwell, P.A. (2003). The volutid genera Athleta and Lyria (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New Zealand Cenozoic. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 33: 363-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2003.9517735 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001) Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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]
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
additional source Maxwell, P.A. (2003). The volutid genera Athleta and Lyria (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New Zealand Cenozoic. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 33: 363-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2003.9517735 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shell small to medium sized, solid, stocky to elongate-fusiform. Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth. Protoconchs are smooth. They can be large and globose with a short calcarella or small and regularly coiled. Teleoconch with axial ribs, exceptionally with true shoulder nodules. [details]
