''Lyria guionneti'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

* Poppe, G. & Conde, J., 2001. A new species of Lyria (Gastropoda: Volutidae) from New Caledonian waters. Novapex 2(3): 115-117

External links

MNHN, Paris: holotype
Volutidae Gastropods described in 2001 {{Volutidae-stub