Species Lyria (Mitraelyria) mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
Mitre Volute, Mitre-shaped Lyria, Southern Lyre Shell
- Voluta mitraeformis Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [73].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 1103.38.2., " the coasts of Java and New Holland". - Lyria multicostata Broderip, W.J. 1827. Description of some new and rare shells. Zoological Journal of London 3: 81-84 [82, pl. 3, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, locality unknown. - Voluta (Lyria) grangeri Sowerby, G.B. 1900. New species of Mollusca of the genera Voluta, Conus, Siphonalia, and Euthria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 5: 439–440 [440, pl. 11, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, no type locality given. - Lyria kimberi Cotton, B.C. 1932. Notes on Australian Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 537-547 [438, 439, text figs 1-3].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.10185, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [119] - Harpula mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811) [new combination]. —
Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [318] - Lyria (Mitraelyria) mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811). —
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. [47]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Lyria lyriformis of authors [misidentification not Voluta lyraeformis Swainson, 1821; not Voluta lyriformis Wood, 1828 (Mitridae)]. —
Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia, with a list of all the species known up to the present time, together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 155-"180" (=190) [164]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Bass Strait (King Island) to Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocks, sand flats, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
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. [47, text fig., pl. 32, figs 2-8, pl. 32, figs 1-3, 5-7] (also lists a Lyria (Mitraelyria) subspecies aff. forma grangeri on p. 48, text fig., pl. 33, fig.4)
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [73,pl. 12, figs 5-6, 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. [22, pls 5C- E, 6A-B] (kimberi Cotton, 1932 ( 21) is considered a separate species)
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [126,pl. 83, figs 7, 7a, 7b]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [170] (Southern Lyre Shell)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [253] (Mitre Volute)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [217] (Mitre-shaped Lyria)
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 | ||
| 01-Jun-2021 | 30-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |