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Lyncina magnifica

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Lyncina magnifica was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004) [1923 Cypraea (Cavicypraea) subovum sensu Cossmann & Peyrot [non d'Orbigny, 1852]: part. 289-291. 1932a Callistocypraea peyroti Schilder : part. 25. 1924 Cypraea (Cavicypraea) subovum sensu Cossmann & Peyrot [non d'Orbigny, 1852] - Cossmann & Peyrot: pi. 10, fig. 1-2. 1941 Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) peyroti (Schilder) - Schilder :part. 84. 2001a Lyncina peyroti (Schilder) - Lozouet et al. : 41, pi. 17, fig. 3.]. Its type specimen is MNHN-Malacologie, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merignac, Bordeaux, Gironde, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Lyncina magnifica Dolin and Lozouet pp. 14 - 15 figs. PI. 5 fig. 2a-2c

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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
genusLyncina(Troschel 1863)
speciesmagnifica

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.

†Lyncina magnifica Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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Diagnosis
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