Lyncina
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| Five views of a shell of Lyncina carneola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Lyncina Troschel, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Lyncina include:[1]
- Lyncina aliceae Lum, 2013
- † Lyncina amygdalina (Grateloup, 1846)
- † Lyncina aquitanica Schilder, 1927
- Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811)[2]
- Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) [3]
- † Lyncina cingulata Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina eristicos Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina gourguesi Dolin, 1998 [4]
- † Lyncina imperialis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- Lyncina kuroharai (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)[5]
- Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1832)[6]
- Lyncina leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937
- Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Lyncina maestratii Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina magnifica Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina miopropinqua Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932)
- † Lyncina ponderosa Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina praemiocaenica (Venzo, 1937)
- † Lyncina prevostina (Grateloup, 1847)
- Lyncina propinqua (Garrett, 1879)
- Lyncina schilderorum Iredale, 1939
- Lyncina sulcidentata Gray, 1824
- † Lyncina testicula Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina titaniana Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Lyncina tumida (Grateloup, 1834)
- Lyncina ventriculus (Lamarck, 1810)
- Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758):[7] synonym of Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791):[8] synonym of Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
- Lyncina broderipii Gray in Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Lyncina joycae (Clover, 1970): synonym of Raybaudia joycae (Clover, 1970)
- Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1828): synonym of Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828)
- Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827): synonym of Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)
- Lyncina porteri (Cate, 1966): synonym of Raybaudia porteri (C. N. Cate, 1966)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lyncina Troschel, 1861. WoRMS (2010). Lyncina Troschel, 1861. 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=204305 on 11 October 2010 .
- ^ Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Lyncina carniola. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Luc Dolin, Description de trois espèces nouvelles de Cypraeidae et de Triviidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda) du Miocène inférieur (Aquitanien) de Meilhan (Landes ; France). Cossmanniana, Paris, 5 (3), Décembre 1998 : 103-108, 13 figs.
- ^ Lyncina kuroharai (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Lyncina argus (L. 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lyncina.
- Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin.
- Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
- Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415.
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