Cypraea fimbriata

Fringed Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 92
Date: March 18, 1962
Locality: Keehi buoys; between inside
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

181 Bishop specimens of Cypraea fimbriata · collected 1904–2017Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 18, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Purpuradusta fimbriata observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 75 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.