Biology:Lyria pauljohnsoni

Short description: Species of gastropod

Lyria pauljohnsoni
Shell of Lyria pauljohnsoni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Volutinae
Genus:	Lyria
Species:	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.

Description

The length of the shell attains 35–45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar .

References

• 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q6709948 entry