Gingicithara lyrica

Gingicithara lyrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Gingicithara lyrica
Shell of Gingicithara lyrica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Gingicithara
Species:	G. lyrica
Binomial name
Gingicithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Cythara lyrica (Reeve, 1846) Daphnella lyrica (Reeve, 1846) Eucithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846) Mangelia lyrica Reeve, 1846 (original combination) Mangilia (Cythara) lyrica (Reeve, 1846) Mangilia lyrica (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The shell of the adult snail attains 11 mm.

The whorls are not shouldered. They are lightly longitudinally ribbed, crossed by revolving elevated striae. The color of the shell is light brown, indistinctly banded with orange-brown.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia.