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Cypraea fimbriata
Fringed Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1923
- Locality
- Honolulu; Fort Armstrong
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Purpuradusta fimbriata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 75 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Kalakaua Ave, 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)
2026-10-11
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-02
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-27
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-27
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea fimbriata. BPBM 231685. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36274037. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231685.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36274037 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026