One Lynx Cowry shell measuring 1/2 to 2 inches. *****

One Lynx Cowry shells, measuring 1/2 to 2 inches.

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Lyncina Lynx, common name lynx cowry

Lynx cowry shells can very in pattern and size. They grow to an average length of 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Their minimum size is about 3/4 inch and a maximum size of 3 1/2 inches. The Lynx Cowry dorsum surface is smooth and shiny; color generally a pale brown, pale purple or grey, densely covered with small and large dark brown or purple dots. The large spots are extended to the edges. The base is white or pale brown. The aperture is long and narrow, with several white teeth and a bright reddish spacing. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with tree-shaped white sensorial papillae and may cover the entire shell.

REF: Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2

The Lynx Cowry dwells in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along South-East Africa (Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Zanzibar and Tanzania) and in the western Pacific Ocean (Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, western and northern Australia, Polynesia and Hawaii).

REF: Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2

Lynx Cowries live in tropical shallow water, subtidal and intertidal, usually under rocks or corals up to about a depth of 33 feet. They are nocturnal, feeding at dusk, mainly on sponges.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha

Super family: Cypraeoidea

Family: Cypraeidae

Genus: Lyncina

Species: L. lynx

Binomial name: Lyncina lynx

(Linnaeus, 1758)