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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.721, no. 303
Status unknown unknown

Keywords

Original Epithet:  lynx
habitat: coral reef [ (Kay1979) ]
Original Text Name:  Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758
Original Genus:  Cypraea

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.195 [ Fig 68 E, F ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Lyncina Troschel, 1863
                              Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34646) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.