Lyncina

Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Distribution map of the genus Lyncina

Lyncina
Five views of a shell of Lyncina carneola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Lyncina Troschel, 1861
Type species
Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea (Lyncina) Troschel, 1863 (original rank) Callistocypraea Schilder, 1927 Mystaponda Iredale, 1930 Ponda Jousseaume, 1884

Species

Species within the genus Lyncina include:^[1]

• Lyncina aliceae Lum, 2013
• † Lyncina amygdalina (Grateloup, 1846)
• † Lyncina aquitanica Schilder, 1927
• Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811)^[2]
• Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[3]
• † Lyncina cingulata Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina eristicos Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina gourguesi Dolin, 1998 ^[4]
• † Lyncina imperialis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• Lyncina kuroharai (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)^[5]
• Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1832)^[6]
• Lyncina leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937
• Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Lyncina maestratii Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina magnifica Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina miopropinqua Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932)
• † Lyncina ponderosa Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina praemiocaenica (Venzo, 1937)
• † Lyncina prevostina (Grateloup, 1847)
• Lyncina propinqua (Garrett, 1879)
• Lyncina schilderorum Iredale, 1939
• Lyncina sulcidentata Gray, 1824
• † Lyncina testicula Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina titaniana Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
• † Lyncina tumida (Grateloup, 1834)
• Lyncina ventriculus (Lamarck, 1810)
• Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyncina lynx S2-22 46mm

Species brought into synonymy

• Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758):^[7] synonym of Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791):^[8] synonym of Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
• Lyncina broderipii Gray in Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Lyncina joycae (Clover, 1970): synonym of Raybaudia joycae (Clover, 1970)
• Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1828): synonym of Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828)
• Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827): synonym of Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)
• Lyncina porteri (Cate, 1966): synonym of Raybaudia porteri (C. N. Cate, 1966)