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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Lyria beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)


Range: 18°N to 12°N; 71.7°W to 61°W
Depth: 3 to 200 m (live 100 to 150 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 71  mm

Synonymy

Voluta beauii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
Enaeta archeri (Angas, 1865) 
Voluta archeri Angas, 1865
Lyria vegai Clench & Turner, 1967
Lyria sabaensis Bail, 1993

Details


Voluta beauii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857a, p. 296-297, pl. 10 [sic, 9], figs. 1-2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Marie-Galante
Range: 17.9°N to 12°N; 62.8°W to 61°W
Depth: 40 to 200 m (live 100 to 150 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 71 mm
Distribution: St. Barthelemy/St. Bartholomew, St. Kitts/St. Christopher, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: Poppe & Goto (1992) DSEM; Sunderland & Sunderland (1992b) dNW; Bail (1993) Ll

Voluta archeri Angas, 1865, 
[Synonym]
Range: 16.6°N to 14.8°N; 62°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 3 to 21 m
Maximum Reported Size: 48.6 mm
Distribution: Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Martinique
References: Delplanque et al. (1975) M; Emerson (1985) NSEW; Poppe & Goto (1992) ds; Sunderland & Sunderland (1992b) D; Bail (1993)
Combining Genera:  Enaeta

Lyria beaui sabaensis Bail, 1993, p. 9-10, figs. 67-68
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Saba Bank, 150 m
Range: 17.5°N ; 63.5°W
Depth: 150 m
Distribution: Saba
References: Bail (1993) DdNSEW

Lyria (Lyria) vegai Clench & Turner, 1967, p. 83, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cabo Rojo, Prov. Pedernales, Dominican Republic
Range: 18°N ; 71.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: Dominican Republic
References: Clench & Turner (1967) NSEWM; Bail (1993) s
Comments: Bail (1993) considered this a smooth form of Lyria beauii, but treated it as a subspecies.


Partial List of References

Bail, P. 1993. The genus Lyria Gray, 1847 (Part II) Xenophora 64 4-19. [Stated date: -- Dec 1993.]
Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1967. A new species of Lyria (Volutidae) from Hispaniola Nautilus 80 83-84, fig. 1. [Stated date: -- Jan 1967.]
Fischer, [P.] and Bernardi, [A. C.] 1857. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 292-300, pls. 8-9. [Stated date: -- Jan 1857.]

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