Lyria insignita Iredale, 1940Species Images
Collected in 1980's, off Kermadec Islands, NZ. Height 32mm
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Taxonomy: Lyria insignita Iredale, 1940
Classification:
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: VOLUTINAE
Synonymised Names:
=Lyria (Lyria) insignita Iredale, 1940
=Lyria nucelus Brook & B.Marshall not Lamarck
=Lyria nucelus Brook & B.Marshall not Lamarck
Details: Lyria insignita Iredale, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 34mm, Width 16mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, in shallow water on sand
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Bail, P., Limpus, A. 2005 A Conchological Iconography 11, The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.66)
- Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.226)
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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