Biology:Lyncina camelopardalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lyncina camelopardalis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.47187 - Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811) - Cypraeidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6708506 entry