Gingicithara lyrica
Gingicithara lyrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. 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. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia. References Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881–2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. Melvill, J.C. 1917. A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893–1914. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 12(4–5): 140–201 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the