Lyncina leviathan Schilder and Schilder 1937
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan, Cypraea leviathan
Belongs to Lyncina according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Cate 1968 and Muhs et al. 2002
Sister taxa: 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 maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida
Distribution: found only at Mokapu Point, Oahu (Quaternary of Hawaii)
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