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Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)
254477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254477)
accepted
Species
Cymatium (Linatella) pacificum Dall, 1909 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fusus succinctus Menke, 1829 · unaccepted
Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Neptunea lyrata lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Neptunea lyrata decemcostata (Say, 1826) accepted as Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)
- Subspecies Neptunea lyrata turnerae A. H. Clarke, 1956 accepted as Neptunea decemcostata (Say, 1826)
marine
(of Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Distribution SE Bering Sea (Bristol Bay and Pribilof Is.), along the Aleutian Islands, west to Adak Island, and south and east to...
Distribution SE Bering Sea (Bristol Bay and Pribilof Is.), along the Aleutian Islands, west to Adak Island, and south and east to southeastern Alaska, and northern British Columbia. Common in the inside waters of southeastern Alaska, but rare or absent from the outside. [details]
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original description
(of Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Fusus succinctus Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Cymatium (Linatella) pacificum Dall, 1909 †) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf
page(s): 57, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2017). On the identity of <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea), with description of <i>Neptunea excelsior</i> sp. nov. from the northern West Pacific. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 56(3): 68-81. [details]
additional source Clark, R. N. (2025). Re-examination of the <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) species complex in the northeastern Pacific (Salish Sea to the Gulf of Alaska), with description of three new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 57(3): 184-195., available online at http://doi:10.54173/F573184
page(s): 185, figs 1-6 [details]
additional source Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus <i>Neptunea</i>. <i>In</i>: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]
original description (of Fusus succinctus Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Cymatium (Linatella) pacificum Dall, 1909 †) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf
page(s): 57, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2017). On the identity of <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea), with description of <i>Neptunea excelsior</i> sp. nov. from the northern West Pacific. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 56(3): 68-81. [details]
additional source Clark, R. N. (2025). Re-examination of the <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) species complex in the northeastern Pacific (Salish Sea to the Gulf of Alaska), with description of three new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 57(3): 184-195., available online at http://doi:10.54173/F573184
page(s): 185, figs 1-6 [details]
additional source Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus <i>Neptunea</i>. <i>In</i>: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution SE Bering Sea (Bristol Bay and Pribilof Is.), along the Aleutian Islands, west to Adak Island, and south and east to southeastern Alaska, and northern British Columbia. Common in the inside waters of southeastern Alaska, but rare or absent from the outside. [details]
To Conchology (Neptunea lyrata EAST PACIFIC FORM ALBINO)
To Conchology (Neptunea lyrata EAST PACIFIC FORM)
To Conchology (Neptunea lyrata WASHINGTON FORM)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00243) (from synonym Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Alaska, off Petersburg, in traps, rocky mud bottom, at 10-20 m depth, collected 26th August 1983, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To ITIS
To Conchology (Neptunea lyrata EAST PACIFIC FORM)
To Conchology (Neptunea lyrata WASHINGTON FORM)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00243) (from synonym Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Alaska, off Petersburg, in traps, rocky mud bottom, at 10-20 m depth, collected 26th August 1983, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To ITIS
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