Lyria cloveriana

Lyria cloveriana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Lyria
Species:	L. cloveriana
Binomial name
Lyria cloveriana Weaver,1963
Synonyms
Lyria (Indolyria) cloveriana Weaver, 1963· accepted, alternate representation Lyria (Indolyria) cloveriana cloveriana Weaver, 1963· accepted, alternate representation Lyria cloveriana cloveriana Weaver, 1963· accepted, alternate representation

Lyria cloveriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Subspecies

• Lyria cloveriana gabryae Poppe, 1991 (occurs off Sri Lanka)

Description

Shell size 70 mm.

Distribution

Sri Lanka.

References

• Poppe, G., 1992. New species and a new subspecies in Volutidae (Mollusca:Gastropoda). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 11: 3-21

External links

• MNHN, Paris: Lyria cloveriana gabryae (holotype)