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Schilder's Cowry

Lyncina schilderorum

Classification

Lyncina schilderorum, common names the sandy cowry or Schilder's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. This species was named in honor of Franz and Maria Schilder, two German cowry biologists (hence the Latin name Schilderorum, meaning Schilders' ). Description The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average 28–33 millimetres (1.

Distribution

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United States of America · 5France · 3Mexico · 1