Lyria (gastropod)
Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae. Description. The shell is small to medium sized, solid, stocky to elongate-fusiform. The radula is uniserial with tricuspid teeth. The protoconchs are smooth. They can be large and globose with a short calcarella or small and regularly coiled. The teleoconch shows axial ribs, exceptionally with true shoulder nodules. Species. Species within the genus "Lyria" include: