Lyncina camelopardalis

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]

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

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.

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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


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