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Lyncina
Taxonomy
Cypraea (Lyncina) was named by Troschel (1863). It is extant.
It was reranked as Lyncina by Cossmann (1903), Sepkoski (2002), Meyer (2003), Dolin and Lozouet (2004), Soriano (2006) and Yates (2009).
It was assigned to Cypraea by Troschel (1863), MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977) and Okutaini (2000); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cypraeinae by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); to Luriinae by Meyer (2003) and Soriano (2006); and to Cypraeidae by Cossmann (1903) and Yates (2009).
It was reranked as Lyncina by Cossmann (1903), Sepkoski (2002), Meyer (2003), Dolin and Lozouet (2004), Soriano (2006) and Yates (2009).
It was assigned to Cypraea by Troschel (1863), MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977) and Okutaini (2000); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cypraeinae by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); to Luriinae by Meyer (2003) and Soriano (2006); and to Cypraeidae by Cossmann (1903) and Yates (2009).
Subtaxa
Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum (syn. Cypraea (Lyncina) arenosa), Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, L. (Callistocypraea), L. amygdalina (syn. Bernaya media meunieri), L. camelopardalis, L. carneola, L. cingulata, L. eristicos, L. imperialis, L. leviathan, L. maestratii, L. magnifica, L. miopropinqua, L. peyroti, L. praecedens, L. tumida
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1863 | Cypraea (Lyncina) Troschel |
1903 | Lyncina Cossmann p. 27 |
1960 | Cypraea (Lyncina) MacNeil p. 50 |
1977 | Cypraea (Lyncina) Ladd p. 19 |
2000 | Cypraea (Lyncina) Okutaini |
2002 | Lyncina Sepkoski |
2003 | Lyncina Meyer |
2004 | Lyncina Dolin and Lozouet p. 11 |
2006 | Lyncina Soriano p. 44 |
2009 | Lyncina Yates p. 27 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lyncina Troschel 1863
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Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri Cate 1966
Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum Iredale 1939
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Invalid names: Cypraea (Lyncina) arenosa Gray 1824 [synonym]
Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Linnaeus 1758
†Lyncina amygdalina Deshayes 1835
Lyncina camelopardalis Perry 1811
Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 [purple-mouthed cowry]
†Lyncina cingulata Dolin and Lozouet 2004
†Lyncina eristicos Dolin and Lozouet 2004
†Lyncina imperialis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Lyncina leviathan Schilder and Schilder 1937
†Lyncina maestratii Dolin and Lozouet 2004
†Lyncina magnifica Dolin and Lozouet 2004
†Lyncina miopropinqua Dolin and Lozouet 2004
†Lyncina peyroti Schilder 1932
†Lyncina praecedens Sacco 1894
†Lyncina tumida Grateloup 1834
Invalid names: Bernaya media meunieri Cossmann 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available