- Source: Lyncina carneola
Lyncina carneola, common name the carnelian cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Description
These cowries reach 30–80 millimetres (1.2–3.1 in) in length. Their shape is rounded and the basic color is a pale orange-brown, with some transverse bands.
Distribution
This species occurs in the seas off Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar. Biol., Berl. 10 2: 113–133
External links
Photos of Lyncina carneola on Sealife Collection
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lyncina carneola
- Lyncina
- Lyncina ventriculus
- Cypraea
- Lyncina schilderorum
- Lyncina leviathan
- Lyncina sulcidentata
- List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii
- List of marine gastropods of South Africa
- List of marine molluscs of Mozambique
