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Cypraea gaskoini
Gaskoin's Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1945
- Locality
- Paumalu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cribrarula gaskoini observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 23 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-08-20.
2025-08-20
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-26
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-25
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-07-12
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) aross0805, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-07-08
Kauaʻi, Kalaheo, HI, US
(c) Bobby Brittingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-05-24
Farrington Hwy, Waialua, HI, US
(c) egulan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea gaskoini. BPBM 231701. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36274732. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231701.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36274732 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026