Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Synonyms: Dallivoluta Okutani 1982, Lyria (Sannilyria) Pilsbry and Olsson 1954, Otocheilus Conrad 1865, Paralyria Shuto 1962, Sannilyria Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
Parent taxon: Volutinae according to M. Harzhauser 2007
Sister taxa: Calliotectum, Callipara, Chiraluta, Cordilyria, Ctenilyria, Cymbiola, Falsilyria, Festilyria, Fusivoluta, Harpula, Harpulina, Leptoscapha, Lyreneta, Mitreola, Neptuneopsis, Pseudaulica, Teramachia, Voluta, Woodsivoluta
Subtaxa: Dallivoluta surinamensis, Lyria (Harpella), Lyria (Harpeola), Lyria (Indolyria), Lyria (Lyria), Lyria (Pseudolyria), Lyria acuticostulata, Lyria anceps, Lyria antarctica, Lyria busera, Lyria carolinensis, Lyria dalli, Lyria gabrielensis, Lyria gemmata, Lyria goldfussi, Lyria madrakahensis, Lyria mansfieldi, Lyria musicinoides, Lyria nucleus, Lyria pattersonia, Lyria peruviana, Lyria punjabensis, Lyria sabulosa, Lyria samanaensis, Lyria silicata, Lyria vaughani, Lyria wilcoxiana, Otocheilus mississippiensis
Type: Voluta nucleus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore