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Cypraea caputserpentis
Snakehead Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1920
- Locality
- Hilo; Cocoanut Island.
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.7295, -155.0686 ± 86 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Monetaria caputserpentis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1920. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 38 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-29.
2026-08-29
Onekahakaha Rd, Hilo, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-29
Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) Susie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-04
North Pacific Ocean, Hilo, HI, US
(c) augustus_lunchick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-11
North Pacific Ocean, Hilo, HI, US
(c) alishaandrade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-03
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) alexbarnard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-31
Onekahakaha Beach Park, 74 Onekahakaha Rd, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) Russell Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 231720. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36274504. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231720.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36274504 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026