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Cypraea
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Cartwright; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonCartwright →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- September 12, 1924
- Locality
- Mokapu Point; Eastern side of Mokapu Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On September 12, 1924, Cartwright; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 1 other specimen.
Cypraea observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1924. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,819 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-23
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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)
2026-10-23
Kalakaua Ave, 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)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea. BPBM 198461. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/198461.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026