Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- D.P.F.; D.P.F.
- Date
- May 17, 1964
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor, Honolulu side of; reef at
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea tigris observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1964. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 209 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.
2026-10-15
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-10
Magic Island Lagoon, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jaminhein1215, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-20
HI, US
(c) scubagirltexas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-05
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-08
Mamala Bay, HI, US
(c) Rad Dad Chad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-01
Rabbit Valleys
(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 205895. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36295087. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/205895.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36295087 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026