Lyncina | |
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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] | |
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Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species within the genus Lyncina include:[1]