Cypraea lynx

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Grace Burgess (Dr. C.M. Burgess Collection)
Date: 1974
Locality: Indian Ocean; Chagos Archipelago; Diego Garcia
Region: Indian Ocean
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Cypraea lynx observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 737 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24

Amity, AU

(c) Jake Orthman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13

Bundagen NSW 2454, Australia

(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-25

Second Av, Onslow, WA, AU

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

2026-09-22

HI, US

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

2026-09-15

Woody Bay, Woody Head, AU

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

2026-09-05

Teluk Krakal, Kabupaten Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, ID

(c) Luke Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea lynx. BPBM 269993. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/269993.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026