I was looking at one of the new shells I just received and I have one little
question about a specimen labeled "Cypraea lynx ( L. 1758) " The specimen I
have measures 63.75 mm in length. What I am confused about is the size given
in several books.
 
Compendium lists it as 4 cm (40 mm), Standard Catalog lists it as 50 mm, and
"Cowries" by Taylor and Walls lists it as 42 mm.
 
I have two other specimens that I have ID'd as C. lynx and they fall into this
size range (34.7 mm and 38.65 mm) Besides the size, the dorsal side of the
specimen in question is a solid light blue color with very little mottling.
The only thing that I see as IDing it as C. lynx is the teeth being bright
orange and the shape of the columella and aperture fits the pictures of all
that I have seen.
 
Now my question, is this little (big) guy really lynx because of the size, a
different variety of lynx, or is it something totally different?
 
Lost as usual
Sarah Watson