Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)

HKRMS taxon details

Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 181661)

AphiaID

216866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216866)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lyncina Troschel, 1863

Original name

Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216866 on 2026-04-03

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216866 on 2026-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-07-14 08:11:14Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2010-10-02 15:31:39Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Kei LWK. & Lau SCK. (1994). Baseline information survey of shelter island - a potential marine park. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture and Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]

basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology. 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 383 [details]