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.

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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