Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Lyncina carneola | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Lyncina Rank Species | |
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Similar Lyncina, Erosaria helvola, Lyncina vitellus, Erosaria erosa, Talparia talpa | ||
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.
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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
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