Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Pacific Deer Cowrie
Lyncina vitellus
Pacific Deer Cowrie
Also known as: Calf Cowry
Category: Cowries
Scientific Name: Lyncina vitellus
Synonyms: Cypraea vitellus
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 6-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Hawaii, French Polynesia
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Cowries and Ovulids
    └Cypraeidae (Family) Cowries
     └Lyncina (Genus)
      └L. vitellus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 530884🔗
iNaturalist ID: 143171🔗

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