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Lynx cowry
Lyncina lynx
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 527793, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Lynx cowry
- Scientific
- Lyncina lynx
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The lynx cowry has a glossy, cream to bluish-grey shell with scattered dark brown spots, and bright orange-red colour between the teeth of the opening. It lives on shallow reefs and under coral slabs and is active at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=30); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=44, 19 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lyncina-lynx.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527793
- inaturalist.org /taxa/369186
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lyncina_lynx_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.