Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Species Species within the genus Lyncina include: Lyncina aliceae Lum, 2013 † Lyncina amygdalina (Grateloup, 1846) † Lyncina aquitanica Schilder, 1927 Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811) Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) † Lyncina cingulata Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina eristicos Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina gourguesi Dolin, 1998 Luc Dolin, Description de trois espèces nouvelles de Cypraeidae et de Triviidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda) du Miocène inférieur (Aquitanien) de Meilhan (Landes; France). Cossmanniana, Paris, 5 (3), Décembre 1998 : 103-108, 13 figs. † Lyncina imperialis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 Lyncina kuroharai (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1832) Lyncina leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937 Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) † Lyncina maestratii Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina magnifica Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina miopropinqua Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932) † Lyncina ponderosa Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina praemiocaenica (Venzo, 1937) † Lyncina prevostina (Grateloup, 1847) Lyncina propinqua (Garrett, 1879) Lyncina schilderorum Iredale, 1939 Lyncina sulcidentata Gray, 1824 † Lyncina testicula Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina titaniana Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Lyncina tumida (Grateloup, 1834) Lyncina ventriculus (Lamarck, 1810) Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species brought into synonymy Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) Lyncina broderipii Gray in Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Lyncina joycae (Clover, 1970): synonym of Raybaudia joycae (Clover, 1970) Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1828): synonym of Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828) Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827): synonym of Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827) Lyncina porteri (Cate, 1966): synonym of Raybaudia porteri (C. N. Cate, 1966)
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Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415.