Lyncina ventriculus
Lyncina ventriculus (ventral cowry) is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description
The shells of these uncommon cowries reach on average  of length, with a minimum size of  and a maximum size of . The shape of these smooth and shiny shells is usually oval, the dorsum surface is generally reddish brown, with four dark brown transversal bands, while the sides are definitely chocolate brown and present several vertical thin lines. The base may be white, pale pink or pale brown, the aperture is long and narrow, with short teeth on both lips. The shell is quite similar to Lyncina schilderorum, Lyncina carneola and Lyncina sulcidentata. In the living cowries the mantle is dark-grey, with clearer sensorial papillae. Distribution
This species is distributed  in the eastern Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Eastern Indonesia, Cocos Islands and Christmas Island), in the Central and Western Pacific Ocean (South China Sea, Taiwan, Philippines, Samar Island, Guam, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, eastern Polynesia, Tahiti and Hawaii). Habitat
They live in tropical  intertidal and subtidal water and in continental shelf up to about  of depth, usually on coral reef. References
 Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp
 Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey

External links
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 Lyncina ventriculus
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Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1810