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Lyncina camelopardalis

Lyncina camelopardalis, common name the camel cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

There is one subspecies : Lyncina camelopardalis sharmiensis <small>Heiman & Mienis, 1999</small>

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea, Somalia and Madagascar.

References

  • MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney