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Lyncina

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Cypraea (Lyncina) Troschel
1903Lyncina Cossmann p. 27
1960Cypraea (Lyncina) MacNeil p. 50
1977Cypraea (Lyncina) Ladd p. 19
2000Cypraea (Lyncina) Okutaini
2002Lyncina Sepkoski
2003Lyncina Meyer
2004Lyncina Dolin and Lozouet p. 11
2006Lyncina Soriano p. 44
2009Lyncina Yates p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusLyncina(Troschel 1863)

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
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Invalid names: Cypraea (Lyncina) arenosa Gray 1824 [synonym]
Subg. Lyncina (Callistocypraea) Schilder 1927
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†Lyncina amygdalina Deshayes 1835
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Bernaya meunieri (27019 27020 27021)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Bernaya angystoma (183750)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Bernaya angystoma (79943)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy (Savona) Callistocypraea praecedens (179787)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France L. maestratii (152695)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France L. tumida, L. peyroti (74861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) L. eristicos (90457) L. miopropinqua (74865)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97France L. magnifica (70222)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Chelycypraea tumida (74868) Cypraea subovum (171367) L. magnifica, Chelycypraea tumida, Chelycypraea peyroti, L. imperialis (70191)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) L. eristicos (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Miolyncina tumida (178108 178110)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Cypraea carneola (70085) Cypraea vitellus (63040 70081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Cypraea carneola (68294 68295)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cypraea lynx (42224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cypraea lynx (70100)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Cypraea lynx (78060)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa L. carneola (77527)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Cypraea vitellus (70105)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea carneola, Cypraea lynx (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Cypraea carneola (70084)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Cypraea carneola, Cypraea lynx (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Cypraea carneola, Cypraea lynx (78042)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Cypraea carneola (101415)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen L. camelopardalis (55375) L. carneola (55381)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Cypraea carneola, Cypraea arenosa (42305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Cypraea porteri (78043)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea carneola (89299 89307) Cypraea carneola, Cypraea schilderorum, Cypraea leviathan (89294) Cypraea vitellus (89300)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea carneola (89289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cypraea carneola (78076 78077 96472 96473) Cypraea carneola, Cypraea lynx (78074 96436) Cypraea lynx (96474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. carneola, L. vitellus (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands Cypraea lynx (77941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia L. carneola (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea carneola (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Cypraea vitellus (88886)