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Lyncina ventriculus
	A shell of Lyncina ventriculus, lateral view, anterior end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Lyncina
Species:	L. ventriculus
Binomial name
	Lyncina ventriculus; Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms
	Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810 ; Cypraea achatina (Perry, 1811); Cypraea otahitensis (Schubert & Wagner 1829); Cypraea topee (Steadman & Cotton 1943); Ponda ventriculus (Lamarck, 1810);

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Lyncina ventriculus (ventral cowry) is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description[edit]

The shells of these uncommon cowries reach on average 45–50 millimetres (1.8–2.0 in) of length, with a minimum size of 32 millimetres (1.3 in) and a maximum size of 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The shape of these smooth and shiny shells is usually oval, the dorsum surface is generally reddish brown, with four dark brown transversal bands, while the sides are definitely chocolate brown and present several vertical thin lines. The base may be white, pale pink or pale brown, the aperture is long and narrow, with short teeth on both lips. The shell is quite similar to Lyncina schilderorum, Lyncina carneola and Lyncina sulcidentata. In the living cowries the mantle is dark-grey, with clearer sensorial papillae.

Distribution[edit]

This species is distributed in the eastern Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Eastern Indonesia, Cocos Islands and Christmas Island), in the Central and Western Pacific Ocean (South China Sea, Taiwan, Philippines, Samar Island, Guam, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, eastern Polynesia, Tahiti and Hawaii).

Habitat[edit]

They live in tropical intertidal and subtidal water and in continental shelf up to about 30 metres (98 ft) of depth, usually on coral reef.

References[edit]

Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp
Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey

External links[edit]

This Cypraeidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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+{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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 {{Taxobox
-| name = ''Lyncina ventriculus''
 | image = Cypraeidae lyncina ventriculus 600x600.jpg
 | image_caption = A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Lyncina ventriculus'', lateral view, anterior end towards the left
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 | binomial_authority = [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]], 1810
 | synonyms_ref =
+| synonyms = *''Cypraea ventriculus'' <small>[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]], 1810 </small>
-| synonyms =
-* ''Cypraea ventriculus'' <small> J. B. Lamarck, 1810 </small>
+*''Cypraea achatina'' <small>([[George Perry (naturalist)|Perry]], 1811)</small>
-* ''Cypraea achatina'' <small> (Perry 1811) </small>
+*''Cypraea otahitensis'' <small>(Schubert & Wagner 1829)</small>
-* ''Cypraea otahitensis'' <small> (Schubert & Wagner 1829) </small>
+*''Cypraea topee'' <small>(Steadman & Cotton 1943)</small>
-* ''Cypraea topee'' <small> (Steadman & Cotton 1943) </small>
+*''Ponda ventriculus'' <small>([[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]], 1810)</small>
-* ''Ponda ventriculus'' <small> (Lamarck, 1810) </small>
 }}
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 ==Distribution==
-This species is distributed  in the eastern Indian Ocean ([[Malaysia]], Estern{{clarify|date=May 2014|reason=Eastern or Western?}} [[Indonesia]], [[Cocos Islands]] and [[Christmas Island]]), in the Central and Western [[Pacific Ocean]] ([[South China Sea]], [[Taiwan]], [[Philippines]], [[Samar Island]], [[Guam]], [[Melanesia]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Micronesia]], [[New Caledonia]], eastern [[Polynesia]], [[Tahiti]] and [[Hawaii]]).
+This species is distributed  in the eastern Indian Ocean ([[Malaysia]], Eastern [[Indonesia]], [[Cocos Islands]] and [[Christmas Island]]), in the Central and Western [[Pacific Ocean]] ([[South China Sea]], [[Taiwan]], [[Philippines]], [[Samar Island]], [[Guam]], [[Melanesia]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Micronesia]], [[New Caledonia]], eastern [[Polynesia]], [[Tahiti]] and [[Hawaii]]).
 ==Habitat==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id142881/ Biolib]
+* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id142881/ Biolib]
 * [http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/cowry/Lyncina-ventriculus.htm Lyncina ventriculus]
 * [http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/52455 Clade]
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyncina ventriculus}}
 [[Category:Cypraeidae]]
-[[Category:Molluscs described in 1810]]
+[[Category:Gastropods described in 1810]]