Lyncina nivosa

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

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]

Distribution

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

References
  1. 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 .
  • "Lyncina nivosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.


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