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Cypraea tessellata
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
- May 15, 1923
- Locality
- Pearl & Hermes Reef; Seal Island
- Island
- Pearl and Hermes Atoll
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On May 15, 1923, Lorrin Andrews Thurston & Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 7 other specimens.
Cypraea tessellata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-07.
2025-09-07
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-04-13
Maui, Kēōkea, HI, US
(c) serenegunnison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-12-22
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-23
Oʻahu, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-03-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-11-19
Haleiwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 197189. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/197189.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026