Sveltia lyrataSveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene.DescriptionSveltia lyrata can reach a size of about.DistributionThis species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa.