Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea lynx, Lyncina lynx
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Cypraea (Lyncina) according to H. S. Ladd 1977
See also Linnaeus 1758, Martin 1879 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: 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
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Northern Mariana Islands (1 collection), Sudan (1), Tonga (3), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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