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Cypraea mauritiana
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Lorrin Andrews Thurston & Theodore T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- February 1, 1923
- Locality
- Kau; Waikapuna
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.0187, -155.5799 ± 301 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On February 1, 1923, Lorrin Andrews Thurston & Theodore T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 7 other specimens.
Still here: Mauritia mauritiana observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-12-26.
2025-12-26
Punaluʻu Beach, Hawaii, USA
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-10
United States
(c) caiawatha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-05
Punaluu Harbor, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) Christelle Dyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-05
Punaluu Harbor, HI, US
(c) Christelle Dyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-12-16
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) jackchipps, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-12-25
Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
(c) Nicholas Wei, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea mauritiana. BPBM 196380. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289960. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/196380.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289960 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026