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Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847

206194  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206194)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Volutoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Volutidae (Family)
  9. Volutinae (Subfamily)
  10. Lyriini (Tribe)
  11. Lyria (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Voluta nucleus Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811) (type by original designation)
Dallivoluta Okutani, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Harpella Gray, 1858 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Harpella Schranck, 1802 [Lepidoptera]
Harpeola Dall, 1907 · unaccepted
Lyreneta Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lyria (Harpella) Gray, 1855 · alternative representation
Lyria (Harpeola) Dall, 1907 · alternative representation
Lyria (Indolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 · alternative representation
Lyria (Lyria) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation
Lyria (Microlyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 · alternative representation
Lyria (Mitraelyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 · alternative representation
Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 · alternative representation
Lyria (Pseudolyria) K. Martin, 1931 † · alternative representation
Otocheilus Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted (synonym)
Sannalyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Lyria anna (R. P. Lesson, 1833)
  2. Species Lyria archeri (Angas, 1865)
  3. Species Lyria beauii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
  4. Species Lyria boholensis Poppe, 1987
  5. Species Lyria bondarevi Bail & Poppe, 2004
  6. Species Lyria boucheti Bail & Poppe, 2004
  7. Species Lyria brianoi Poppe, 1999
  8. Species Lyria cassidula (Reeve, 1849)
  9. Species Lyria cleaveri H. Morrison, 2008
  10. Species Lyria cloveriana C. S. Weaver, 1963
  11. Species Lyria cordis Bayer, 1971
  12. Species Lyria delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
  13. Species Lyria deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)
  14. Species Lyria doutei Bouchet & Bail, 1991
  15. Species Lyria ellenae H. Morrison, 2022
  16. Species Lyria exorata Bouchet & Poppe, 1988
  17. Species Lyria grandidieri Bail, 2002
  18. Species Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980
  19. Species Lyria grangeri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  20. Species Lyria guionneti Poppe & Conde, 2001
  21. Species Lyria insignita Iredale, 1940
  22. Species Lyria kuniene Bouchet, 1979
  23. Species Lyria laseroni (Iredale, 1937)
  24. Species Lyria leonardi W. K. Emerson, 1985
  25. Species Lyria leslieboschae W. K. Emerson & Sage, 1986
  26. Species Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson, 1821)
  27. Species Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
  28. Species Lyria michardi Bail, 2009
  29. Species Lyria mikoi Kosuge, 1985
  30. Species Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
  31. Species Lyria ogasawarana Bail & Chino, 2015
  32. Species Lyria patbaili Bouchet, 1999
  33. Species Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811)
  34. Species Lyria pauljohnsoni Poppe & Terryn, 2002
  35. Species Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  36. Species Lyria poppei Bail, 2002
  37. Species Lyria russjenseni W. K. Emerson, 1985
  38. Species Lyria sabaensis Bail, 1993
  39. Species Lyria solangeae Bozzetti, 2008
  40. Species Lyria surinamensis (Okutani, 1982)
  41. Species Lyria tulearensis Cosel & Blöcher, 1977
  42. Species Lyria vegai Clench & R. D. Turner, 1967
  43. Subgenus Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Enaeta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
    1. Species Lyria (Enaeta) archeri (Angas, 1865) accepted as Lyria (Mitraelyria) archeri (Angas, 1865) represented as Lyria archeri (Angas, 1865)
    2. Species Lyria (Enaeta) leonardhilli Petuch, 1988 accepted as Enaeta leonardhilli (Petuch, 1988) (basionym)
    3. Species Lyria (Enaeta) mikoi Kosuge, 1985 accepted as Lyria mikoi Kosuge, 1985
  44. Subgenus Lyria (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
    1. Species Lyria (Festilyria) aphrodite Bondarev, 1999 accepted as Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999) (basionym)
  45. Species Lyria africana (Reeve, 1856) accepted as Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856) accepted as Callipara africana (Reeve, 1856)
  46. Species Lyria dondani Angioy & Biraghi, 1982 accepted as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975 (synonym)
  47. Species Lyria grockeae (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) accepted as Lyria mitraeformis f. grockeae (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) accepted as Lyria mitraeformis mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
  48. Species Lyria guttata (Reeve, 1849) accepted as Enaeta reevei Dall, 1907
  49. Species Lyria habei Okutani, 1979 accepted as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
  50. Species Lyria harpa (Barnes, 1824) accepted as Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825)
  51. Species Lyria howensis Iredale, 1940 accepted as Lyria deliciosa howensis Iredale, 1940 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  52. Species Lyria kawamurai Habe, 1975 accepted as Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) (synonym)
  53. Species Lyria kimberi Cotton, 1932 accepted as Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811) (synonym)
  54. Species Lyria leonardhilli Petuch, 1988 accepted as Enaeta leonardhilli (Petuch, 1988) (original combination)
  55. Species Lyria nucleus (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811) (synonym)
  56. Species Lyria opposita Iredale, 1937 accepted as Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Lyria pallidula Habe, 1962 accepted as Lyria cassidula pallidula Habe, 1962
  58. Species Lyria pedersenii A. E. Verrill, 1870 accepted as Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Species Lyria peroniana Iredale, 1940 accepted as Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Lyria ponsonbyi (E. A. Smith, 1901) accepted as Festilyria ponsonbyi (E. A. Smith, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  61. Species Lyria queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901) accepted as Simililyria queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Lyria reinai Angioy & Biraghi, 1981 accepted as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975 (synonym)
  63. Species Lyria santoensis Ladd, 1975 accepted as Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  64. Species Lyria taiwanica Lan, 1975 accepted as Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  65. Species Lyria valentina Bondarev, 1994 accepted as Lyria doutei Bouchet & Bail, 1991 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Lyria vicdani Kosuge, 1981 accepted as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975 (synonym)
  67. Subgenus Lyria (Harpella) Gray, 1855 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
    1. Subgenus Lyria (Harpeola) Dall, 1907 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
      1. Species Lyria (Harpeola) anna (R. P. Lesson, 1833) represented as Lyria anna (R. P. Lesson, 1833)
    2. Subgenus Lyria (Indolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
      1. Species Lyria (Indolyria) bondarevi Bail & Poppe, 2004 represented as Lyria bondarevi Bail & Poppe, 2004
      2. Species Lyria (Indolyria) brianoi Poppe, 1999 represented as Lyria brianoi Poppe, 1999
      3. Species Lyria (Indolyria) cloveriana C. S. Weaver, 1963 represented as Lyria cloveriana C. S. Weaver, 1963
      4. Species Lyria (Indolyria) delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842) represented as Lyria delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
      5. Species Lyria (Indolyria) doutei Bouchet & Bail, 1991 represented as Lyria doutei Bouchet & Bail, 1991
      6. Species Lyria (Indolyria) leslieboschae W. K. Emerson & Sage, 1986 represented as Lyria leslieboschae W. K. Emerson & Sage, 1986
      7. Species Lyria (Indolyria) lyraeformis (Swainson, 1821) represented as Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson, 1821)
      8. Species Lyria (Indolyria) michardi Bail, 2009 represented as Lyria michardi Bail, 2009
      9. Species Lyria (Indolyria) patbaili Bouchet, 1999 represented as Lyria patbaili Bouchet, 1999
      10. Species Lyria (Indolyria) pauljohnsoni Poppe & Terryn, 2002 represented as Lyria pauljohnsoni Poppe & Terryn, 2002
      11. Species Lyria (Indolyria) solangeae Bozzetti, 2008 represented as Lyria solangeae Bozzetti, 2008
      12. Species Lyria (Indolyria) surinamensis (Okutani, 1982) represented as Lyria surinamensis (Okutani, 1982)
      13. Species Lyria (Indolyria) tulearensis Cosel & Blöcher, 1977 represented as Lyria tulearensis Cosel & Blöcher, 1977
    3. Subgenus Lyria (Lyria) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
      1. Species Lyria (Lyria) delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842) accepted as Lyria delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
      2. Species Lyria (Lyria) grangei Cernohorsky, 1980 accepted as Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980
      3. Species Lyria (Lyria) habei Okutani, 1979 accepted as Lyria (Lyria) mallicki Ladd, 1975 represented as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975 (synonym)
      4. Species Lyria (Lyria) cassidula (Reeve, 1849) represented as Lyria cassidula (Reeve, 1849)
      5. Species Lyria (Lyria) cordis Bayer, 1971 represented as Lyria cordis Bayer, 1971
      6. Species Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859) represented as Lyria deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)
      7. Species Lyria (Lyria) insignita Iredale, 1940 represented as Lyria insignita Iredale, 1940
      8. Species Lyria (Lyria) laseroni (Iredale, 1937) represented as Lyria laseroni (Iredale, 1937)
      9. Species Lyria (Lyria) leonardi W. K. Emerson, 1985 represented as Lyria leonardi W. K. Emerson, 1985
      10. Species Lyria (Lyria) mallicki Ladd, 1975 represented as Lyria mallicki Ladd, 1975
      11. Species Lyria (Lyria) ogasawarana Bail & Chino, 2015 represented as Lyria ogasawarana Bail & Chino, 2015
      12. Species Lyria (Lyria) pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811) represented as Lyria pattersonia (G. Perry, 1811)
      13. Species Lyria (Lyria) russjenseni W. K. Emerson, 1985 represented as Lyria russjenseni W. K. Emerson, 1985
      14. Species Lyria (Lyria) vegai Clench & R. D. Turner, 1967 represented as Lyria vegai Clench & R. D. Turner, 1967
    4. Subgenus Lyria (Microlyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
      1. Species Lyria (Microlyria) mikoi Kosuge, 1985 represented as Lyria mikoi Kosuge, 1985
    5. Subgenus Lyria (Mitraelyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
      1. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) grockeae (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) accepted as Lyria mitraeformis f. grockeae (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) accepted as Lyria mitraeformis mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
      2. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) archeri (Angas, 1865) represented as Lyria archeri (Angas, 1865)
      3. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) beauii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) represented as Lyria beauii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
      4. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) cleaveri H. Morrison, 2008 represented as Lyria cleaveri H. Morrison, 2008
      5. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) grangei Cernohorsky, 1980 represented as Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980
      6. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) grangeri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900) represented as Lyria grangeri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
      7. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811) represented as Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
      8. Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) sabaensis Bail, 1993 represented as Lyria sabaensis Bail, 1993
    6. Subgenus Lyria (Plicolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847
      1. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) boholensis Poppe, 1987 represented as Lyria boholensis Poppe, 1987
      2. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) boucheti Bail & Poppe, 2004 represented as Lyria boucheti Bail & Poppe, 2004
      3. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) exorata Bouchet & Poppe, 1988 represented as Lyria exorata Bouchet & Poppe, 1988
      4. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) grandidieri Bail, 2002 represented as Lyria grandidieri Bail, 2002
      5. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) guionneti Poppe & Conde, 2001 represented as Lyria guionneti Poppe & Conde, 2001
      6. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) kuniene Bouchet, 1979 represented as Lyria kuniene Bouchet, 1979
      7. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) represented as Lyria planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
      8. Species Lyria (Plicolyria) poppei Bail, 2002 represented as Lyria poppei Bail, 2002
    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] 
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyria J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206194 on 2025-04-24
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    2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
    created
    Vanden Berghe, Edward
    2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
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    Martinez, Olga
    2009-02-04 09:03:51Z
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    Bail, Patrice
    2013-10-29 08:46:28Z
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    Bouchet, Philippe
    2017-06-19 09:18:38Z
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    Bouchet, Philippe
    2019-04-24 02:27:45Z
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    Marshall, Bruce
    2023-09-20 16:54:38Z
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    Auffenberg, Kurt

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    Nomenclature

    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 (Indolyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001) Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details] 

    original description (of Lyria (Harpeola) Dall, 1907) Dall, W. H. (1907). A review of the American Volutidae. <em>Smithsonian Miscellanous Collections.</em> 48(3): 341-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29986467 [details] 

    original description (of Dallivoluta Okutani, 1982) Okutani, T. (1982). A new genus and five new species of gastropods trawled from off Surinam. <em>Venus.</em> 41(2): 109-120.
    page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    original description (of Lyreneta Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Rediscovery of <i>Voluta brazieri</i> Cox. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 20(2): 128-129., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/iredale-1937-rec-aust-mus-202-128129/
    page(s): 128 [details] 

    original description (of Lyria (Sannalyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 †) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 35(152): 1-36 [271-306], pls 1-4 [25-28]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10576508
    page(s): 293 [23] [details] 

    original description (of Pseudolyria K. Martin, 1931 †) Martin, K. (1931). Mollusken aus dem Obereocän von Nanggulan. <em>Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië, Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen.</em> 18: 1-56, 7 pls.
    page(s): 17 [details] OpenAccess publication

    basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details] 

    Other

    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] 

    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] 

    		 
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    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]
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