Lyncina nivosa

Lyncina nivosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Lyncina
Species: L. nivosa
Binomial name
Lyncina nivosa
(Broderip, 1827)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea nivosa Broderip, 1827

Lyncina nivosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Bengal along Myanmar and Thailand and in the Pacific Ocean along Sumatra.

References

  1. 1 2 Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827à. WoRMS (2009). Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529742 on 20 October 2010.


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