Lyria surinamensis
species of mollusc
Lyria surinamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
Shell size 90-95 mm. Originally described as Dallivoluta surinamensis, Okutani regarded the species to be allied with Tractolira and particularly with Fulgoraria. Bouchet and Bail suggested that it was more properly classified under the genus Lyria, noting its resemblance to Lyria lyraeformis.
Distribution
The species occurs in the Saya de Malha Bank, in the Indian Ocean. It was originally described by Okutani based on a specimen collected by the Japanese Marine Fishery Resources Research Center, erroneously labeled as being from Suriname (hence its specific epithet). In the 1990s, specimens collected by Soviet research vessels on the Saya de Malha Bank confirmed the species' true origin, further supported by its resemblance to other East African lyriniids.
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