Lyncina camelopardalis

Lyncina camelopardalis
Lyncina camelopardalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Lyncina
Species: L. camelopardalis
Binomial name
Lyncina camelopardalis
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms

Cypraea camelopardalis Perry, 1811 (basionym)

Lyncina camelopardalis, common name the camel cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

There is one subspecies : Lyncina camelopardalis sharmiensis Heiman & Mienis, 1999

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian ocean along Eritrea, Somalia and Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811). WoRMS (2010). Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216863 on 11 October 2010.
  • MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney

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