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Cypraea caputserpentis
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Lorrin Andrews Thurston & Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Collector number
- #130
- Date
- February 1, 1927
- Locality
- Honolulu; Fort Kamehameha; reef off
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On February 1, 1927, Lorrin Andrews Thurston & Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Caducifer decapitatus hawaiiensis
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Columbella varians
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Conus auratus
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Conus catus
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Conus miles
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Conus nanus
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Conus vitulinus
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Coralliophila bulbiformis
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Coralliophila deformis
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Coralliophila neritoidea
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Cymatium chlorostoma
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Cymatium pileare
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Cymatium rubecula
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Cypraea fimbriata
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Cypraea punctulata
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Cypraea talpa
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Mitra consanguinea
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Mitra dealbata
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Mitra ticaonica vagans
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Morula brunneolabrum
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Murex sandwichensis
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Nassa francolinus
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Cypraea caputserpentis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 903 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
(c) rathbunjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Kalaheo, HI, US
(c) Denali, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 197104. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/197104.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026