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 | |
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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
- ↑ 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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