Lyncina Troschel 1863

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Lyncina)

Parent taxon: Luriinae according to J. L. Soriano 2006

See also Cossmann 1903, Dolin and Lozouet 2004, Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960, Meyer 2003, Okutaini 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Yates 2009

Sister taxa: Austrocypraeini, Luria, Trona

Subtaxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Lyncina (Callistocypraea) Lyncina amygdalina Lyncina camelopardalis Lyncina carneola Lyncina cingulata Lyncina eristicos Lyncina imperialis Lyncina leviathan Lyncina maestratii Lyncina magnifica Lyncina miopropinqua Lyncina peyroti Lyncina praecedens Lyncina tumida

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Japan (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Sudan (1), Tonga (7), United States (5: Hawaii), Vanuatu (2), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), South Africa (1)

• Miocene of Fiji (3), France (8), Indonesia (5), Italy (2)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1)

• Paleocene of Poland (3)

Total: 53 collections including 65 occurrences

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