Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

[1] The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago).

[2] Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in).

[3] This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa.

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