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'''''Lyncina vitellus''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|530884 |''Lyncina vitellus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)|||WoRMS (2009). Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id= |
'''''Lyncina vitellus''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|530884 |''Lyncina vitellus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)|||WoRMS (2009). Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530884 </nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref> |
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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]
Subspecies and formae
- Lyncina vitellus dama (Perry, G., 1811) [3]
- Lyncina vitellus polynesiae Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939 [4]
- Lyncina vitellus vitellus orcina (f) Iredale, T., 1931 [5]
Description
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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.
References
- ^ 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
External links
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