Festilyria
| Festilyria | |
|---|---|
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| Festilyria festiva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Voluta festiva Lamarck, 1811 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 | |
Festilyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Festilyria include:
- Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
- Festilyria duponti Weaver, 1968
- Festilyria festiva (Lamarck, 1811)
- Festilyria ponsonbyi (E.A. Smith, 1801)
Distribution
The snails of this genus are distributed in the West Indian Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2012.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)
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