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Lyncina
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Lyncina

Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Calf Cowry

speciesLyncina vitellus

Carnelian Cowrie

speciesLyncina carneola

Lynx Cowry

speciesLyncina lynx

Leviathan Cowry

speciesLyncina leviathan

Lyncina sulcidentata

speciesLyncina sulcidentata

Schilder's Cowry

speciesLyncina schilderorum

Lyncina ventriculus

speciesLyncina ventriculus

camel cowrie

speciesLyncina camelopardalis

Closely-related Carnelian Cowrie

speciesLyncina propinqua

Lyncina kuroharai

speciesLyncina kuroharai

Lyncina rara

speciesLyncina rara

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143172.