One Lyncina Carneola, also known as the Carnelian Cowrie measures from 3/4 to 2 inches. *****

A Lyncina Carneola, also known as the Carnelian Cowrie measures from 3/4 to 2 inches, is a species of sea snail in the family Cypraeidae. This shell is usually pale orange-brown with some transverse bands, making it quite distinctive.

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Cyprea shells or the more common name Cowry Shell are the most universally collected shells. They are prized for their colors, glossy surface and markings. There are approximately two hundred species. Most are found across the tropics.

In its first stage of growth the cowry develops a short pointed spire (a spire is the coiled part of the shell and it usually tapers to a point). As the shell grows the spire and its developing edge thickens. In its last stage of growth the edge thickens and it forms teeth along each side of the aperture (aperture is the opening at the front end of the shell).

The basic shape of the Cyprea shell varies little. However, they vary greatly in size, color, pattern and the arrangement of the teeth along the aperture.

Cyprea or Cowry shells are active at night and hide during day lite. They feed on algae near coral reefs.

Lyncina carneola, common name the carnelian cowrie

This is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

These cowries reach 1 to 3 inches in length. Their shape is rounded and the basic color is a pale orange-brown, with some transverse bands.

This species dwells in the seas off Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea

Family: Cypraeidae

Genus: Lyncina

Species: Lyncina carneola

Binomial name: Lyncina carneola

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms: Cypraea propinqua Garrett, 1879 Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

(REF: Lyncina carneola( Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species)(REF: Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar. Biol., Berl. 10 2)