Lyria mitraeformis Miter-shaped lyria

Lyria mitraeformis is commonly referred to as Miter-shaped lyria. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Mitre-shaped volute - Lyria mitraeformis, Australien 2015

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Scientific:: Lyria mitraeformis
German:: Bischofmützen- Leierschnecke
English:: Miter-shaped Lyria

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Volutidae (Family) > Lyria (Genus) > mitraeformis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1811

Occurrence:: Australia
Sea depth:: - 500 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 2.36" (2,9cm - 6,2cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, Predatory, Snails
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lyria anna
Lyria beauii
Lyria boholensis
Lyria bondarevi
Lyria boucheti
Lyria brianoi
Lyria cassidula
Lyria cleaveri
Lyria cloveriana
Lyria cordis
Lyria delessertiana
Lyria deliciosa
Lyria doutei
Lyria exorata
Lyria grandidieri
Lyria grangei
Lyria guionneti
Lyria insignita
Lyria kuniene
Lyria laseroni
Lyria leonardi
Lyria leslieboschae
Lyria lyraeformis
Lyria mallicki
Lyria michardi
Lyria mikoi
Lyria mitraeformis
Bischofmützen- Leierschnecke
Lyria ogasawarana
Lyria patbaili
Lyria pattersonia
Lyria pauljohnsoni
Lyria planicostata
Lyria poppei
Lyria russjenseni
Lyria sabaensis
Lyria solangeae
Lyria surinamensis
Lyria tulearensis
Lyria vegai

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-02-26 17:28:43
Last edit:: 2020-02-26 17:46:11

Info

Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)

Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. The shell is small to medium sized and solid. All volutes are carnivorous, feeding on other mollusks and echinoderms.

Diet: carnivore

Synonymised names:
Lyria (Mitraelyria) mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)· accepted, alternate representation
Lyria kimberi Cotton, 1932 (synonym)
Mitra lyriformis Wood, 1828 (synonym)
Mitraelyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)
Voluta grangeri Sowerby, 1900 (synonym)
Voluta mitraeformis Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)
Voluta multicostata Broderip, 1827 (synonym)

Direct children (2):
Subspecies Lyria mitraeformis grockeae (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017)
Subspecies Lyria mitraeformis mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1811)

External links

Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Mitre-shaped volute - Lyria mitraeformis, Australien 2015

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