Cypraea lynx

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Grace Burgess (Dr. C.M. Burgess Collection)
Date: 1970
Locality: Honolulu District; Fort Kamehameha
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

247 Bishop specimens of Cypraea lynx · collected 1896–2002Species page ›

Cypraea lynx observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1970. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-22.

2026-09-22

HI, US

(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-02-14

Kailua, HI, USA

(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-03-12

Hawaii, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2000-01-01

Maui, Hawaii, USA

(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea lynx. BPBM 269991. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/269991.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026