Lyncina nivosa
| Lyncina nivosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Lyncina |
| Species: | L. nivosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea nivosa Broderip, 1827 | |
Lyncina nivosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Bengal along Myanmar and Thailand and in the Pacific Ocean along Sumatra.
References
- 1 2 Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827à. WoRMS (2009). Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529742 on 20 October 2010.
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