Lyria pauljohnsoni

Lyria pauljohnsoni
Shell of Lyria pauljohnsoni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Lyria
Species:
L. pauljohnsoni
Binomial name
Lyria pauljohnsoni
Poppe & Terryn, 2002
Synonyms
  • Indolyria pauljohnsoni (Poppe & Terryn, 2002)
  • Lyria (Indolyria) pauljohnsoni Poppe & Terryn, 2002· accepted, alternate representation

Lyria pauljohnsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35–45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Lyria pauljohnsoni Poppe & Terryn, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Poppe G.T. & Terryn Y. 2002. Description of a new volute (Gastropoda : Volutidae) from southern Madagascar. Novapex 3(1): 51–53 (look up in IMIS).
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.


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