Cypraea lynx

Lynx Cowry

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: H.G. Hornbostel; H.G. Hornbostel
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Tumon Bay
Region: Guam
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, H.G. Hornbostel; H.G. Hornbostel also collected 24+ other specimens.

Lyncina lynx observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1923. 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)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea lynx. BPBM 67710. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36281041. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67710.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36281041 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026