''Lynceus'' is a genus of

clam shrimp Clam shrimp are a group of bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that resemble the unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are extant and also known from the fossil record, from at least the Devonian period and perhaps before. They were originally classifi ...

in the family

Lynceidae Lynceidae is a family of clam shrimp in the order Laevicaudata. There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Lynceidae. Genera These five genera belong to the family Lynceidae: * '' Leptestheriella'' * '' Limnetis'' Loven, 1846 ...

. There are about 13 described species in ''Lynceus''.

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus ''Lynceus'': * '' Lynceus aequatorialis'' Daday, 1927^{i g} * '' Lynceus andronachensis'' Botnariuc, 1947^g * '' Lynceus biformis'' (Ishikawa, 1895)^g * '' Lynceus brachyurus'' O. F. Müller, 1776^{i g b} (holarctic clam shrimp) * '' Lynceus brevifrons'' (Packard, 1877)^{i g} * '' Lynceus gracilicornis'' (Packard, 1871)^{i g} * '' Lynceus insularis'' Olesen, Pöllabauer, Sigvardt & Rogers, 2016^g * '' Lynceus mallinensis'' Pessacq, Epele & Rogers, 2011^g * '' Lynceus mucronatus'' (Packard, 1875)^{i g} * '' Lynceus quadrangularis'' Leydig, 1860^g * '' Lynceus rostratus'' Koch, 1841^g * '' Lynceus rotundirostris'' (Daday, 1902)^{i g} * '' Lynceus tropicus'' Daday, 1927^{i g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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