Lyria planicostata

Lyria planicostata
	Shell of Lyria planicostata fijiensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Lyria
Species:	L. planicostata
Binomial name
	Lyria planicostata; (Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms
	Lyria (Plicolyria) planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation; Lyria (Plicolyria) planicostata planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation; Lyria davaoensis Kosuge, 1980; Lyria kawamurai Habe, 1975; Lyria planicostata planicostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation; Lyria santoensis Ladd, 1975; Lyria taiwanica Lan, 1975; Lyria taiwanica f. davaoensis Kosuge, 1980 (unavailable name: established as "forma" after 1960); Voluta planicostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903;

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

Lyria planicostata fijiensis Bail & Poppe, 2004 (length: 51.5 mm; occurs off the Fiji Islands)
Lyria planicostata grohi Bail & Poppe, 2004 (occurs off Tonga)

Description

Adult shells attain a size of 75-90 mm.

Kosuge S. (1980) Studies on the collection of Mr. Victor Dan (3) Note on the local variations of Lyria taiwanica Lan, 1975 (Gastropoda Volutacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(4): 65-66, pl. 17.
Bail, P. & Poppe, G., 2004 The Tribe Lyriini. A revision of the Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta, and Leptoscapha, p. 93 pp, 68 pls

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