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Cypraea sulcidentata
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Lorrin Andrews Thurston
- Date
- 1906
- Locality
- Paumalu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea sulcidentata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1906. 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)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea sulcidentata. BPBM 198489. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/198489.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
