Cypraea madagascariensis

Wrinkled Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › 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 →
Date: February 1, 1923
Locality: Kau; Waiahukini
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 18.9487, -155.7037 ± 472 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

34 Bishop specimens of Cypraea madagascariensis · collected 1922–1958Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On February 1, 1923, Lorrin Andrews Thurston & Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea madagascariensis. BPBM 197152. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36282139. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/197152.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36282139 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026