Lyncina vitellus: Difference between revisions

Lyncina vitellus
	Lyncina vitellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Lyncina
Species:	L. vitellus
Binomial name
	Lyncina vitellus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym); Lyncina vitellus polynesiae Schilder & Schilder, 1939 ;

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Lyncina vitellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[2]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania and also along Polynesia, Hawaii and Vietnam.

^ Collection of Cypraea
^ ^a ^b Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530884 on 5 June 2010 .
^ Gastropods.com : Lyncina vitellus dama; accessed : 24 October 2010
^ Gastropods.com : Lyncina vitellus polynesiae; accessed : 24 October 2010
^ Gastropods.com : Lyncina vitellus vitellus orcina; accessed : 24 October 2010

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 ==Distribution==
-This species is distributed in the [[Red Sea]] and in the Indian Ocean along [[Aldabra]], [[Chagos]], the [[Comores]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin,  [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Reunion]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Somalia]] and [[Tanzania]] and also along [[Polynesia]], [[Hawaii]] and [[Vietnam]].
+This species is distributed in the [[Red Sea]] and in the Indian Ocean along [[Aldabra]], [[Chagos]], the [[Comores]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin,  [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Réunion]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Somalia]] and [[Tanzania]] and also along [[Polynesia]], [[Hawaii]] and [[Vietnam]].
 [[File:Cypraea vitellus 002.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''Lyncina vitellus'']]
 ==References==
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