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Cypraea isabella
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Lorrin Andrews Thurston. & Ditlev Due Thaanum; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonDitlev Due Thaanum →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- February 1, 1927
- Locality
- Honolulu; Fort Kamehameha, Pearl Harbor Channel; edge
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea isabella observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 266 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)
2026-10-23
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-02
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea isabella. BPBM 197273. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/197273.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026