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

Lyria cloveriana
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Subspecies
  • Lyria cloveriana gabryae Poppe, 1991 (occurs off Sri Lanka)

Description

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Shell size 70 mm.

Distribution

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Sri Lanka.

References

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  1. ^ Lyria cloveriana Weaver,1963. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Poppe, G., 1992. New species and a new subspecies in Volutidae (Mollusca:Gastropoda). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 11: 3-21
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