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Lyncina carneola (purple-mouthed cowry)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea carneola was named by Linnaeus (1758) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10472]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lyncina carneola by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea carneola Linnaeus
2002Cypraea carneola Wilson p. 112
2006Lyncina carneola Rosenberg et al.

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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)
speciescarneola(Linnaeus 1758)

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 carneola Linnaeus 1758 [purple-mouthed cowry]
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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Cypraea carneola (68294 68295)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Cypraea carneola (70085)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Lyncina carneola (77527)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea carneola (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Cypraea carneola (70084)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Cypraea carneola (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Cypraea carneola (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Cypraea carneola (78042)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Lyncina carneola (55381)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Cypraea carneola (42305)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea carneola (89294 89299 89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Lyncina carneola (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea carneola (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cypraea carneola (78074 78076 78077 96436 96472 96473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Lyncina carneola (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea carneola (89289)