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Cypraea sulcidentata
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Moore; Lorrin Andrews Thurston~. Moore →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- April 1, 1923
- Locality
- Laysan
- Island
- Laysan
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On April 1, 1923, Moore; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 6 other specimens.
Cypraea sulcidentata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 39 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.
2026-10-20
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-01
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-15
Oʻahu, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-15
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-11
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea sulcidentata. BPBM 197184. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/197184.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026