Cypraea moneta

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Beatrice Chang
Collector number: BC #2
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Mariana Islands
Record type: Preservedspecimen

374 Bishop specimens of Cypraea moneta · collected 1893–1998Species page ›

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, Beatrice Chang also collected 20 other specimens.

Cypraea moneta observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,160 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-17.

2026-10-17

East Nusa Tenggara, ID

(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

Burmanallah, Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 744105, India

(c) subhachoudary, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11

2FW7+XV4, Malvan, Maharashtra, India

(c) Gaurav Patil, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11

FJ

(c) Alanna Parra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

Route de ceinture, French Polynesia, PF

(c) sluggish_slug, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

Lagoon Road, Marshall Islands, MH

(c) astajawin12, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea moneta. BPBM 201802. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/201802.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026