Lyria (gastropod)


Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Description

The shell is small to medium sized, solid, stocky to elongate-fusiform. The radula is uniserial with tricuspid teeth. The protoconchs are smooth. They can be large and globose with a short calcarella or small and regularly coiled. The teleoconch shows axial ribs, exceptionally with true shoulder nodules.

Species

Species within the genus Lyria include:
;Species brought into synonymy: