Lyncina camelopardalis
Appearance
Lyncina camelopardalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Lyncina |
Species: | L. camelopardalis
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Binomial name | |
Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811)
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Synonyms | |
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
[edit]This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea, Somalia and Madagascar.
References
[edit]- ^ 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