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Cypraea semiplota
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 →
- Collector number
- L.A.T. #145
- Date
- February 1, 1926
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor; Fort Kamehameha
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea semiplota observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-06-05.

2026-06-05
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-08
Honokōwai Beach Park, Lahaina, HI 96761, USA
(c) Beth Burrous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-23
Kuhio Beach Park, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-07
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-06-05
Pupukea, HI 96712, USA
(c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-03-19
Point Panic
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea semiplota. BPBM 198045. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36288102. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/198045.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36288102 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
