Lyncina camelopardalis

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Speciesbox | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.47187 - Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811) - Cypraeidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg | image_caption = | genus = Lyncina | species = camelopardalis | authority = (Perry, 1811) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = *''Cypraea camelopardalis'' <small>Perry, 1811</small> (basionym) }}

'''''Lyncina camelopardalis''''', common name the '''camel cowrie''', is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|216863|''Lyncina camelopardalis'' (Perry, 1811)|||WoRMS (2010). Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216863</nowiki> on 11 October 2010}}</ref>

There is one subspecies : ''Lyncina camelopardalis sharmiensis'' <small>Heiman & Mienis, 1999</small>

==Distribution== This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea, Somalia and Madagascar.

==References== {{reflist}} * MacDonald & Co (1979). ''The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells''. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney

Category:Cypraeidae Category:Gastropods described in 1811 Category:Taxa named by George Perry (naturalist)