WoRMS taxon details
Enaeta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
382277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382277)
accepted
Genus
Voluta harpa Barnes, 1824 accepted as Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825) (type by subsequent designation)
Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Enaeta baili Crabos, 2024
- Species Enaeta barnesii (Gray, 1825)
- Species Enaeta bessei Petuch, 2013
- Species Enaeta brasiliana Crabos, 2024
- Species Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832)
- Species Enaeta cylleniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Species Enaeta guildingii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Species Enaeta leonardhilli (Petuch, 1988)
- Species Enaeta lindae Petuch, 2013
- Species Enaeta reevei Dall, 1907
- Species Enaeta pedersenii A. E. Verrill, 1870 accepted as Enaeta cumingii (Broderip, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Enaeta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382277 on 2025-05-01
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(of Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 167 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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Diagnosis Radula uniserial with an interlocking central cusp. Shell small, ovate to fusiform. Protoconch small, smooth. Teleoconch with axial ribs. Conspicuous tooth-like blunt nodule on the midpoint of the outer lip. [details]