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Calf Cowry

Lyncina vitellus

Classification

Lyncina vitellus, common name : the calf cowry or the Pacific deer cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies and formae Lyncina vitellus dama (Perry, 1811) Lyncina vitellus polynesiae Schilder & Schilder 1939 Lyncina vitellus vitellus orcina Iredale, 1931 Description The shells of these very common cowries reach on average 35–45 millimetres (1. 4–1.

Distribution

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France · 124United States of America · 38United Kingdom · 2