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Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea lynx was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 10469]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx by Tryon (1883) and Ladd (1977); it was recombined as Lyncina lynx by Cernohorsky (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea lynx Linnaeus p. 721
1879Cypraea lynx Martin p. 23
1883Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Tryon p. 198
1967Lyncina lynx Cernohorsky p. 66
1977Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Ladd p. 19
2002Cypraea lynx Wilson p. 110

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

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.

Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Linnaeus 1758
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cypraea lynx (70100)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cypraea lynx (42224)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Cypraea lynx (78060)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea lynx (77937)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Cypraea lynx (78042)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Cypraea lynx (101414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cypraea lynx (78074 96436 96474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands Cypraea lynx (77941)