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Lyria lyraeformis

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Lyria lyraeformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Lyria
Species:
L. lyraeformis
Binomial name
Lyria lyraeformis
(Swainson,1821)
Lyria lyraeformis

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

Description

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Fully adult shells can attain a size of 140 mm.

Distribution

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Somalia area of East Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson,1821). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.