Lyncina lynx

Lyncina lynx
Five views of a shell of Lyncina lynx
A dark shell of Lyncina lynx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Lyncina
Species:
L. lynx
Binomial name
Lyncina lynx
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea globosa
  • Cypraea lynx, Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Cypraea vanelli (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cypraea leucostoma Gmelin, 1791
  • Cypraea subflava Gmelin, 1791
  • Cypraea punctulata Gmelin, 1791
  • Cypraea squalina Gmelin, 1791
  • Cypraea cruentata Röding, 1798
  • Cypraea ferruginea Fischer, 1807
  • Cypraea caledonica Crosse, 1869

Lyncina lynx, common name : the lynx cowry or eyed cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lyncina lynx. WoRMS (2009). Lyncina lynx. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216757 on 15 October 2010 .