Lyncina

Lyncina
Five views of a shell of Lyncina carneola
Scientific classification
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]
Cypraea (Lyncina)Troschel, 1863 (original rank) Callistocypraea Schilder, 1927 Mystaponda Iredale, 1930 PondaJousseaume, 1884

Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Distribution map of the genus Lyncina

Species

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)

Lyncina lynx S2-22 46mm

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

1. 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 .
2. Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.
3. Lyncina carniola . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.
4. 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.
5. Lyncina kuroharai (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.
6. Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1832) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.
7. Lyncina argus (L. 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.
8. Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.

External links

• 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.