Subspecies Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta deliciosa Montrouzier, R.P. 1859. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelle de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7(2): 373-375 [375].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNB 151/11.88, L'île Art, New Caledonia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lyria (Lyria) deliciosa deliciosa (Montrouzier, 1859). —
  Bail, G.T. & Groh, K. 2004. A Conchological Iconography. The Tribe Lyriini. A revision of Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta and Leptoscapha. ConchBooks 1-93, pls 1-68. [14]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia westerwards to Australia, including Norfolk Island but not Lord Howe Island

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand bottom marine, shallow subtidal, under rocks.

 

General References

Bail, G.T. & Groh, K. 2004. A Conchological Iconography. The Tribe Lyriini. A revision of Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta and Leptoscapha. ConchBooks 1-93, pls 1-68. [14-15, pl. 3, figs 1-11, pl. 4, figs 1-5]

Beechey, D.L. 2005. Two species of Lyria that do not occur in NSW. Australian Shell News 105: 6-7 [6-7]

Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [66,pl. 14, figs 9-10]

Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375. [18,pl. 4C, 4D]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	02-Feb-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		30-Jan-2012	MOVED
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED