Lyria grangei
| Lyria grangei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Lyria |
| Species: | L. grangei |
| Binomial name | |
| Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980 | |
Lyria grangei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
This operculated species attains a length of 71+ mm.
Distribution
New Caledonia. Lyria grangei occurs in shallow waters of the Bellona Plateau of the Coral Sea. The type series was collected on a small submerged pinnacle in the southern sides of east South Bellona on sand at (Holotype, Paratype 1), in the peripheral reef slope of northwestern margins of western South Bellona at a depth of 17 meters (Paratype 2), and from the south side of the lagoon in western South Bellona (Paratype 3).[2]
References
- ^ Lyria grangei Cernohorsky, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cernohorsky, W. O. (1980). "Systematics of Some West Pacific Lyria (Mollusca: Volutidae) with Description of a New Species". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 17: 127–134. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906290. Wikidata Q58677142.