porcelaine carnéole

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French

une porcelaine carnéole vivante à la Réunion.
Coquille de Lyncina carneola, pêché dans la zone Indo-Pacifique.
Répartition de Lyncina carneola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔʁ.sə.lɛn kaʁ.ne.ɔl/

Noun

porcelaine carnéole f (plural porcelaines carnéole)

  1. (dated) the carnelian cowrie (Lyncina carneola)
    Synonym: porcelaine carnée

Further reading

  • Louis-Charles Kiener, Paul Fischer, Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes comprenant la collection du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, la collection Lamarck, celle du prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs: Familles des enroulées, 1850, plate 1
  • Lyncina carneola at World Register of Marine Species