Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Cypraeidae family, order Littorinimorpha, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina carneola is a species of cowrie with defined size, shape, color patterns, and a documented western Indian Ocean distribution.
The cowrie species Lyncina carneola has individuals that reach 30–80 millimetres (1.2–3.1 inches) in length. Its shell is rounded in shape, with a basic base color of pale orange-brown marked by several transverse bands. This species is distributed in seas off Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
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Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901)
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Notocypraea angustata (Gmelin, 1791)
Mauritia maculifera F.A.Schilder, 1932
Erronea pallida (J.E.Gray, 1824)
Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810)
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