Lyria grangei explained

Lyria grangei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

This operculated species attains a length of 60+ mm.

Distribution

Lyria grangei occurs in shallow waters of the Bellona Plateau of the Coral Sea. The type series was collected on a small submerged pinnacle in the southern sides of east South Bellona on sand at (Holotype, Paratype 1), in the peripheral reef slope of northwestern margins of western South Bellona at a depth of 17 meters (Paratype 2), and from the south side of the lagoon in western South Bellona (Paratype 3).