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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae cowries

Genus: Lyncina

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11 species (see list below)
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Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm ShL
Lyncina aurantium(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lyncina aurantium
[Golden cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ShL
 
Lyncina broderipii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ShL
 
Lyncina kuroharai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm ShL
 
Lyncina leucodon
[White-toothed cowrie]

FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Lyncina lynx(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Lyncina lynx
[Lynx cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShL
 
Lyncina nivosa
[Cloudy cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShL
 
Lyncina porteri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Lyncina reevei
[Reeve's cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ShL
 
Lyncina schilderorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ShL
 
Lyncina sulcidentata
[Groove-toothed cowry]

Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Lyncina vitellus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Lyncina vitellus
[Pacific deer cowrie]


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