Lyria grandidieri

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

Lyria grandidieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Volutinae
Genus:
Lyria
Subgenus:
Plicolyria
Species:
L. grandidieri
Binomial name
Lyria grandidieri
Bail, 2002
Synonyms

Lyria (Plicolyria) grandidieri Bail, 2002

Description

One of the rarest of the Lyria, it is found near New Caledonia.

References
  1. Lyria grandidieri Bail, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail P. 2002. Two new species of Lyria (Gastropoda: Volutidae) from New Caledonian waters. Novapex 3(4): 133–137


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